Convergence in light capture efficiencies among tropical forest understory plants with contrasting crown architectures: A case of morphological compensation

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1275-1284

  Valladares, Fernando ^a   Skillman, John B ^b   Pearcy, Robert W ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown architecture; Display efficiency of the foliage; Leaf absorptance; Light harvesting; Phyllotaxis; Shade tolerance; Tropical rainforest; Understory light environment

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

AECHMEA; AECHMEA MAGDALENAE;

EID: 0036677771     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.8.1275     Document Type: Article

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