Light-induced plasticity in leaf hydraulics, venation, anatomy, and gas exchange in ecologically diverse Hawaiian lobeliads

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-58

  Scoffoni, Christine ^a   Kunkle, Justin ^b   Pasquet Kok, Jessica ^a   Vuong, Christine ^a   Patel, Amish J ^a   Montgomery, Rebecca A ^c   Givnish, Thomas J ^d   Sack, Lawren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Evolution; Gas exchange; Hawaiian lobeliads; Leaf anatomy; Leaf mass per area (LMA); Sun shade plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; GAS EXCHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRRADIANCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

GAS; RAIN; WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CAMPANULACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GAS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

BIODIVERSITY; CAMPANULACEAE; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; GASES; GEOGRAPHY; LIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 84929953385     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13346     Document Type: Article

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