Does plant colour matter? Wax accumulation as an indicator of decline in Juniperus thurifera

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-274

  Esteban, R ^a,b   Fernandez Marin B ^a   Olano, J M ^c   Becerril, J M ^a   Garcia Plazaola J I ^a  

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

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Esc de Ingenierias Agrarias   (Spain)

Author keywords

chlorophyll fluorescence; conifer; Mediterranean; photoprotection; reflectance; xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; DEFOLIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DECLINE; REFLECTANCE; SUMMER; WAX; WINTER;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; WAX; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONIFER; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; JUNIPERUS; LIGHT PROTECTION; MEDITERRANEAN; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAF; REFLECTANCE; SEASON; XANTHOPHYLL CYCLE;

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONIFER; MEDITERRANEAN; PHOTOPROTECTION; REFLECTANCE; XANTHOPHYLL CYCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; DARKNESS; FLUORESCENCE; JUNIPERUS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; WAXES; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84897432627     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu006     Document Type: Article

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