Ontogeny, understorey light interception and simulated carbon gain of juvenile rainforest evergreens differing in shade tolerance

Annals of Botany

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-428

  Lusk, Christopher H ^a,d   Pérez Millaqueo, Manuel Matías ^b   Piper, Frida I ^c   Saldaña, Alfredo ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomass distribution; leaf angle; leaf area ratio; leaf display; leaf lifespan; light interception efficiency; self shading; shade tolerance; silhouette to area ratio; YPLANT

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

EVERGREEN FOREST; JUVENILE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT ATTENUATION; ONTOGENY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; RAINFOREST; RESPIRATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL RESPIRATION; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; FAGACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CELL RESPIRATION; CHILE; DARKNESS; FAGACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 80051998700     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr166     Document Type: Article

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