Small tropical forest trees have a greater capacity to adjust carbon metabolism to long-term drought than large canopy trees.
drought
leaf respiration
light
ontogeny
photosynthesis
through-fall exclusion experiment
tropical forest
understory
Journal
Plant, cell & environment
ISSN: 1365-3040
Titre abrégé: Plant Cell Environ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9309004
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2020
10 2020
Historique:
received:
19
05
2020
revised:
30
06
2020
accepted:
01
07
2020
pubmed:
10
7
2020
medline:
12
2
2021
entrez:
10
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The response of small understory trees to long-term drought is vital in determining the future composition, carbon stocks and dynamics of tropical forests. Long-term drought is, however, also likely to expose understory trees to increased light availability driven by drought-induced mortality. Relatively little is known about the potential for understory trees to adjust their physiology to both decreasing water and increasing light availability. We analysed data on maximum photosynthetic capacity (J
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7440-44-0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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IM
Pagination
2380-2393Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Plant, Cell & Environment published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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