Is plasticity in partitioning of photosynthetic resources between and within leaves important for whole-plant carbon gain in canopies?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 802-811

  Pons, T L ^a   Anten, N P R ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Canopy density; Light gradient; Photosynthetic acclimation; Photosynthetic capacity

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CANOPY; LEAF; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTICITY;

LYSIMACHIA; LYSIMACHIA VULGARIS;

EID: 11144334274     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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