Canopy position affects the relationships between leaf respiration and associated traits in a tropical rainforest in Far North Queensland

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 564-584

  Weerasinghe, Lasantha K ^a,b   Creek, Danielle ^c   Crous, Kristine Y ^c   Xiang, Shuang ^a,d   Liddell, Michael J ^e   Turnbull, Matthew H ^f   Atkin, Owen K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Functional traits; Light; Photosynthesis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT EFFECT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; RESPIRATION; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION; STARCH; SUGAR; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AUSTRALIA; CELL RESPIRATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAIN FOREST; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

CELL RESPIRATION; LIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; QUEENSLAND; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84904331101     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu016     Document Type: Article

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