High-temperature inhibition of photosynthesis is greater under sunflecks than uniform irradiance in a tropical rain forest tree seedling

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1681-1690

  Leakey, A D B ^a,b   Press, M C ^a   Scholes, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; Dynamic photosynthesis; Photorespiration; Shorea leprosula; Understorey

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST;

ASIA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; SHOREA; SHOREA LEPROSULA;

EID: 0142039876     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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