Size-dependent variation in shoot light-harvesting efficiency in shade-intolerant conifers

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-32

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a,b   Tobias, Mari ^a   Cescatti, Alessandro ^b   Sparrow, Ashley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Foliage aggregation; Foliage length; Interspecific variability; Light harvesting; Support costs

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ARCHITECTURE;

CASUARINA GLAUCA; CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 30144443356     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497845     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Battaglia MA 2000 The influence of overstory structure on understory light availability in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) forest. MS thesis. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg.
2. Berg RH 1994 A calcium oxalate-secreting tissue in branchlets of the Casuarinaceae. Protoplasma 183:29-36.
3. Bernier PY, F Raulier, P Stenberg, C-H Ung 2001 Importance of needle age and shoot structure on canopy net photosynthesis of balsam fir (Abies balsamea): a spatially inexplicit modeling analysis. Tree Physiol 21:815-830.
4. Boyer WD 1990 Pinus palustris Mill. longleaf pine. Pages 405-412 in RM Burns, BH Honkala, eds. Silvics of North America. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook 654. Washington, DC.
5. Brockway DG, KW Outcalt 1998 Gap-phase regeneration in longleaf pine wiregrass ecosystems. For Ecol Manag 106:125-139.
6. Burns RM, BH Honkala, eds 1990 Silvics of North America. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook 654. Washington, DC.
7. Campbell GS 1986 Extinction coefficients for radiation in plant canopies calculated using an ellipsoidal inclination angle distribution. Agric For Meteorol 36:317-321.
8. Cescatti A, Ü Niinemets 2004 Sunlight capture: leaf to landscape. Pages 42-85 in WK Smith, TC Vogelmann, C Chritchley, eds. Photosynthetic adaptation: chloroplast to landscape. Ecological studies, vol 178. Springer, Berlin.
9. Cescatti A, R Zorer 2003 Structural acclimation and radiation regime of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) shoots along a light gradient. Plant Cell Environ 26:429-442.
10. Chen JM, TA Black 1992 Defining leaf area index for non-fiat leaves. Plant Cell Environ 15:421-429.
11. Dougherty PM, LH Allen, LW Kress, R Murthy, CA Maier, TJ Albaugh, DA Sampson 1998 An investigation of the impacts of elevated carbon dioxide, irrigation, and fertilization on the physiology and growth of loblolly pine. Pages 149-168 in RA Mickler, S Fox, eds. The productivity and sustainability of southern forest ecosystems in a changing environment. Springer, Berlin.
12. Dutta RK, M Agrawal 2001 Litterfall, litter decomposition and nutrient release in five exotic plant species planted on coal mine spoils. Pedobiologia 45:298-312.
13. 2 assimilation and stomatal limitations in a Pinus taeda canopy. Tree Physiol 20:435-445.
14. Gere JM, SP Timoshenko 1997 Mechanics of materials. PWS, Boston.
15. Hale SE, C Edwards 2002 Comparison of film and digital hemispherical photography across a wide range of canopy densities. Agric For Meteorol 112:51-56.
16. Harcombe PA, JS Glitzenstein, RG Knox, SL Orzell, EL Bridges 1993 Vegetation of the longleaf pine region of the West Gulf coastal plain. Pages 83-104 in SM Hermann, ed. Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.
17. Hirose T, FA Bazzaz 1998 Trade-off between light- and nitrogen-use efficiency in canopy photosynthesis. Ann Bot 82:195-202.
18. Immel DL 2002 Monterey pine (Pinus radiata D. Don). USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Guide. http://plants.usda.gov.
19. Langeland KA, K Craddock Burks 1998 Identification and biology of non-native plants in Florida's natural areas. University of Florida, Gainesville. 165 p.
20. Leal DB, SC Thomas 2003 Vertical gradients and tree-to-tree variation in shoot morphology and foliar nitrogen in an old-growth Pinus strobus stand. Can J For Res 33:1304-1314.
21. Lemeniha M, T Gidyelewa, D Teketay 2004 Effects of canopy cover and understory environment of tree plantations on richness, density and size of colonizing woody species in southern Ethiopia. For Ecol Manag 194:1-10.
22. Linder S 1987 Responses to water and nutrients in coniferous ecosystems. Pages 180-202 in ED Schulze, H Zwölfer, F Colley, OL Lange, JS Olson, H Remmert, eds. Potentials and limitations of ecosystem analysis. Ecological studies, vol 61. Springer, Berlin.
23. Murthy R, PM Dougherty 1997 Effect of carbon dioxide, fertilization and irrigation on loblolly pine branch morphology. Trees 11: 485-493.
24. Niinemets Ü, A Cescatti, R Christian 2004 Constraints on light interception efficiency due to shoot architecture in broad-leaved Nothofagus species. Tree Physiol 24:617-630.
25. Niinemets Ü, A Cescatti, A Lukjanova, M Tobias, L Truus 2002a Modification of light-acclimation of Pinus sylvestris shoot architecture by site fertility. Agric For Meteorol 111:121-140.
26. Niinemets Ü, DS Ellsworth, A Lukjanova, M Tobias 2001 Site fertility and the morphological and photosynthetic acclimation of Pinus sylvestris needles to light. Tree Physiol 21:1231-1244.
27. _ 2002b Dependence of needle architecture and chemical composition on canopy light availability in three North American Pinus species with contrasting needle length. Tree Physiol 22: 747-761.
28. Niinemets Ü, O Kull 1995 Effects of light availability and tree size on the architecture of assimilative surface in the canopy of Picea abies: variation in shoot structure. Tree Physiol 15:791-798.
29. Niinemets Ü, A Lukjanova 2003 Total foliar area and average leaf age may be more strongly associated with branching frequency than with leaf longevity in temperate conifers. New Phytol 158: 75-89.
30. Niinemets Ü, A Lukjanova, AD Sparrow, MH Turnbull 2005a Light-acclimation of cladode photosynthetic potentials in Casuarina glauca: trade-offs between physiological and structural investments. Funct Plant Biol 32:571-582.
31. Niinemets Ü, L Sack 2006 Structural determinants of leaf light-harvesting capacity and photosynthetic potentials. Pages 385-419 in K Esser, UE Lüttge, W Beyschlag, J Murata, eds. Progress in botany, vol 67. Springer, Berlin.
32. Niinemets Ü, A Sparrow, A Cescatti 2005b Light capture efficiency decreases with increasing tree age and size in the southern hemisphere gymnosperm Agathis australis. Trees 19:177-190.
33. Niklas KJ 1991 Biomechanical attributes of the leaves of pine species. Ann Bot 68:253-262.
34. Nilson T 1971 A theoretical analysis of the frequency of gaps in plant stands. Agric Meteorol 8:25-38.
35. Pearcy RW, H Muraoka, F Valladares 2005 Crown architecture in sun and shade environments: assessing function and trade-offs with a three-dimensional simulation model. New Phytol 166: 791-800.
36. Pearcy RW, W Yang 1998 The functional morphology of light capture and carbon gain in the redwood forest understory plant, Adenocaulon bicolor Hook. Funct Ecol 12:543-552.
37. Perry JP Jr 1991 The pines of Mexico and Central America. Timber, Portland, OR.
38. Platt WJ, GW Evans, SJ Rathhun 1988 The population dynamics of a long-lived conifer (Pinus palustris). Am Nat 131:491-525.
39. Rajendran K, P Devaraj 2004 Biomass and nutrient distribution and their return of Casuarina equisetifolia inoculated with biofertilixers in farm land. Biomass Bioenergy 26:235-249.
40. Richardson DM 1998 Forestry trees as invasive aliens. Conserv Biol 12:18-26.
41. Richardson DM, PW Rundel 1998 Ecology and biogeography of Pinus: an introduction. Pages 3-46 in DM Richardson, ed. Ecology and biogeography of Pinus. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
42. Ross J 1981 The radiation regime and architecture of plant stands. Junk, The Hague. 342 p.
43. Shelton MG, MD Cain 2000 Regenerating uneven-aged stands of loblolly and shortleaf pines: the current state of knowledge. For Ecol Manag 129:177-193.
44. Sokal RR, FJ Rohlf 1995 Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research. WH Freeman, New York. 887 p.
45. Sprugel DG, JR Brooks, TM Hinckley 1996 Effects of light on shoot geometry and needle morphology in Abies amabilis. Tree Physiol 16:91-98.
46. Stenberg P, T Kangas, H Smolander, S Linder 1999 Shoot structure, canopy openness, and light interception in Norway spruce. Plant Cell Environ 22:1133-1142.
47. Stenberg P, S Palmroth, BJ Bond, DG Sprugel, H Smolander 2001 Shoot structure and photosynthetic efficiency along the light gradient in a Scots pine canopy. Tree Physiol 21:805-814.
48. Stenberg P, H Smolander, DG Sprugel, S Smolander 1998 Shoot structure, light interception, and distribution of nitrogen in an Abies amabilis canopy. Tree Physiol 18:759-767.
49. Takenaka A 1994 Effects of leaf blade narrowness and petiole length on the light capture efficiency of a shoot. Ecol Res 9:109-114.
50. ter Steege H 1996 Winphot 5: a programme to analyze vegetation indices, light and light quality from hemispherical photographs. Tropenbos Guayana Reports, 95-2. Tropenbos Guayana Programme, Tropenbos, Georgetown, Guayana. 40 p.
51. Valladares F 2003 Light heterogeneity and plants: from ecophysiology to species coexistence and biodiversity. Pages 439-471 in K Esser, U Lüttge, W Beyschlag, F Hellwig, eds. Progress in botany, vol 64. Springer, Berlin.
52. Valladares F, FI Pugnaire 1999 Tradeoffs between irradiance capture and avoidance in semi-arid environments assessed with a crown architecture model. Ann Hot 83:459-469.
53. Valladares F, JB Skillman, RW Pearcy 2002 Convergence in light capture efficiencies among tropical forest understory plants with contrasting crown architectures: a case of morphological compensation. Am J Bot 89:1275-1284.
54. Valladares F, SJ Wright, E Lasso, K Kitajima, RW Pearcy 2000 Plastic phenotypic response to light of 16 congeneric shrubs from a Panamanian rainforest. Ecology 81:1925-1936.
55. van Wesenbeeck BK, T van Mourik, JF Duivenvoorden, AM Cleef 2003 Strong effects of a plantation with Pinus patula on Andean subpáramo vegetation: a case study from Colombia. Biol Conscrv 114:207-218.
56. Verzino G, P Ingaramo, J Joseau, E Astini, RJ Di, M Dorado 1999 Basal area growth curves for Pinus patula in two areas of the Calamuchita Valley, Córdoba, Argentina. For Ecol Manag 124:185-192.
57. Warren MW, X Zou 2002 Soil macrofauna and litter nutrients in three tropical tree plantations on a disturbed site in Puerto Rico. For Ecol Manag 170:161-171.
58. Wilson KL, LAS Johnson 1989 Casuarinaceae. Pages 138-174 in AS George, ed. Flora of Australia. Vol 3. Hamamelidales to Casuarinales. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
59. Yirdaw E, O Luukkanen 2004 Photosynthetically active radiation transmittance of forest plantation canopies in the Ethiopian highlands. For Ecol Manag 188:17-24.