The greater seedling high-light tolerance of Quercus robur over Fagus sylvatica is linked to a greater physiological plasticity

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 395-403

  Valladares, Fernando ^a   Chico, José ^e   Aranda, Ismael ^b   Balaguer, Luis ^c   Dizengremel, Pierre ^d   Manrique, Esteban ^a   Dreyer, Erwin ^e  

^a CENTRO DE CIENCIAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Light acclimation; Phenotypic plasticity; Photoinhibition; Photosynthesis; Sun and shade

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; GROWTH KINETICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED; SUN;

STOMATAL DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0036695868     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-002-0184-4     Document Type: Article

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