Optimal photosynthetic use of light by tropical tree crowns achieved by adjustment of individual leaf angles and nitrogen content

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 795-805

  Posada, Juan M ^a,b   Lechowicz, Martin J ^b   Kitajima, Kaoru ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Big leaf model; Canopy architecture; Leaf angle; Leaf mass per area; Nitrogen; Optimal resource allocation; Photosynthetic capacity; Radiation use efficiency; Scaling; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INSOLATION; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES;

EID: 60749100710     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn265     Document Type: Article

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