A simulation study on the importance of size-related changes in leaf morphology and physiology for carbon gain in an epiphytic bromeliad

Annals of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-443

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b,e   Reichling, Peter ^c   Valladares, Fernando ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crown architecture; Ecophysiology; Epiphytes; Light capture; Modelling; Photosynthesis; Plant size; Scaling; Vriesea sanguinolenta

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

EPIPHYTE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; BROMELIACEAE; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; TIME;

BROMELIACEAE; CARBON; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS;

VRIESEA;

EID: 0036802329     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf208     Document Type: Article

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