Physiological and ecological significance of sunflecks for dipterocarp seedlings

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 411, 2005, Pages 469-482

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; Dynamic photosynthesis; Elevated CO2; Forest understorey; Heat stress; Photorespiration; Photosynthetic induction; Seedling regeneration; Shorea leprosula; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRESS ANALYSIS;

DIPTEROCARP SEEDLINGS; PLANT CANOPIES; SUNFLECKS; TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS;

SEED;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANGIOSPERM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THEALES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ECOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEEDLINGS;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; SHOREA LEPROSULA;

EID: 13944275591     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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