Photosynthetic capacity and light harvesting efficiency during the winter-to-spring transition in subalpine conifers

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-292

  Zarter, C Ryan ^a   Demmig Adams, Barbara ^a   Ebbert, Volker ^a   Adamska, Iwona ^b   Adams III, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conifers; Elips; Energy dissipation; Photoprotection; Photosynthetic down regulation; Spring reactivation; Subalpine forest; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ELIP PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ELIP PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ABIES; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SEASON; SPRUCE;

ABIES; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PICEA; PINUS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEASONS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33747588304     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01816.x     Document Type: Article

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