Functional diversity of photosynthetic light use of 16 vascular epiphyte species under fluctuating irradiance in the canopy of a giant Virola michelii (Myristicaceae) tree in the tropical lowland forest of French Guyana

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Rascher, Uwe ^a,b   Freiberg, Martin ^c   Lüttge, Ulrich ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAM; Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Light reaction; Ludovia; Maxillaria; Photoinhibition; Photosynthesis; Vascular epiphytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900805113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00117     Document Type: Article

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