Variation in crown light utilization characteristics among tropical canopy trees

Annals of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 535-547

  Kitajima, Kaoru ^a,b   Mulkey, Stephen S ^a   Wright, S Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Anacardium excelsum; Antirrhoea trichantha; Architecture; Castilla elastica; Cecropia longipes; Crown LAI; Forest canopy; Leaf angle; Light extinction coefficient; Luehea seemannii; Photosynthesis; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ANACARDIUM EXCELSUM; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ANTIRRHOEA TRICHANTHA; CASTILLA ELASTICA; CECROPIA; CECROPIA LONGIPES; LUEHEA SEEMANNII;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; PANAMA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SUNLIGHT; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PANAMA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 14944357370     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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