Height is more important than light in determining leaf morphology in a tropical forest

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1730-1739

  Cavaleri, Molly A ^a   Oberbauer, Steven F ^b,c   Clark, David B ^d   Clark, Deborah A ^d   Ryan, Michael G ^e,f  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Foliar morphology; Leaf mass per area; Light environment; Shade leaves; Specific leaf area; Sun leaves; Tropical rain forest; Turgor pressure; Vertical gradient; Water potential

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; GRAVITY FIELD; HEIGHT; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT EFFECT; LINEARITY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RAINFOREST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHADE TOLERANCE; TRANSMITTANCE; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER LEVEL;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 77953274918     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1326.1     Document Type: Article

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