Growth irradiance effects on photosynthesis and growth in two co-occurring shade-tolerant neotropical perennials of contrasting photosynthetic pathways

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1811-1819

  Skillman, John B ^a   Garcia, Milton ^b   Virgo, Aurelio ^b   Winter, Klaus ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Growth analysis; Panama; Photoinhibition; Photosynthetic acclimation; Tropical forest ecology

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHADE TOLERANCE;

AECHMEA MAGDALENAE; BROMELIACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; DIEFFENBACHIA;

EID: 27544479074     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.11.1811     Document Type: Article

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