Petiole twisting in the crowns of Psychotria limonensis: Implications for light interception and daily carbon gain

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-29

  Galvez D ^b   Pearcy, R W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide assimilation; Crown architecture; Light capture; Petiole twisting; Self shading

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LEAF; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SELF SHADING;

PSYCHOTRIA; PSYCHOTRIA LIMONENSIS; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0242417122     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1158-3     Document Type: Article

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