Fluorescence parameters, chlorophyll concentration, and anatomical features as indicators for flood adaptation of an abundant tree species in Central Amazonia: Symmeria paniculata

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-235

  Waldhoff, Danielle ^a,c   Furch, Bodo ^b   Junk, Wolfgang J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fv Fm; Floodplain forest; Inundation; Leaf anatomy; Leaf morphology; Polygonaceae; Rapid light curves

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A;

ADAPTATION; FLOODING;

BRAZIL; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLOODING; FLUORESCENCE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT LEAF; RURAL AREA; WATER DEPTH;

SYMMERIA PANICULATA;

EID: 0036895211     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(02)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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