Tree size and light availability increase photochemical instead of non-photochemical capacities of Nothofagus nitida trees growing in an evergreen temperate rain forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1128-1141

  Coopman, Rafael E ^a   Briceño, Verónica F ^b   Corcuera, Luis J ^c   Reyes Díaz, Marjorie ^d   Alvarez, Daniela ^d   Sáez, Katherine ^d   García Plazaola, José I ^e   Alberdi, Miren ^d   Bravo, León A ^d   Niinemets, Ülo ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^f NONE

Author keywords

NPQ components; ontogeny; PSII and PSI light energy partitioning; state transitions

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL; EVERGREEN FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INHIBITION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; RESPIRATION; SAPLING; SIZE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; SUNLIGHT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; SUNLIGHT; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CHILE;

NOTHOFAGACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS NITIDA;

EID: 80054678723     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr094     Document Type: Article

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