Photosynthetic capacity and nitrogen partitioning in foliage of the evergreen shrub Daphniphyllum humile along a natural light gradient

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-208

  Katahata, Shin Ichiro ^a,b   Naramoto, Masaaki ^a   Kakubari, Yoshitaka ^a   Mukai, Yuzuru ^a,b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 Bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (Rubisco); Irradiance; Nitrogen; Photosynthetic acclimation; Photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency (PNUE); Ribulose 1

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLIAGE; IRRADIANCE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEEDLING; SHADING; SHRUB;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

DAPHNIPHYLLUM HUMILE; FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 33947578744     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.2.199     Document Type: Article

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