Morphological, biochemical and physiological traits of upper and lower canopy leaves of European beech tend to converge with increasing altitude

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-60

  Rajsnerová, Petra ^a   Klem, Karel ^a   Holub, Petr ^a   Novotná, Kateřina ^a   Večeřová, Kristýna ^a   Kozáčiková, Michaela ^a   Rivas Ubach, Albert ^b,c   Sardans, Jordi ^b,c   Marek, Michal V ^a   Peñuelas, Josep ^b,c   Urban, Otmar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

altitudinal gradient; CO2 assimilation; flavonoids; leaf stoichiometry; light environment; LMA; Rubisco

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; CANOPY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LEAF; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

CZECH REPUBLIC; JESENIKY MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; WATER;

ALTITUDE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BEECH; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA;

ALTITUDE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FAGUS; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; WATER;

EID: 84928717450     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu104     Document Type: Article

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