Thermal sensitivity across forest vertical profiles: patterns, mechanisms, and ecological implications

N Vinod, M Slot, IR McGregor, EM Ordway… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rising temperatures are influencing forests on many scales, with potentially strong variation
vertically across forest strata. Using published research and new analyses, we evaluate how …

Photosynthetic acclimation of plants to growth irradiance: the relative importance of specific leaf area and nitrogen partitioning in maximizing carbon gain

JR Evans, H Poorter - Plant, cell & environment, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in specific leaf area (SLA, projected leaf area per unit leaf dry mass) and
nitrogen partitioning between proteins within leaves occur during the acclimation of plants to …

Living off the Sun: chlorophylls, bacteriochlorophylls and rhodopsins

AWD Larkum, RJ Ritchie, JA Raven - Photosynthetica, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Pigments absorbing 350–1,050 nm radiation have had an important role on the
Earth for at least 3.5 billion years. The ion pumping rhodopsins absorb blue and green …

Plasticity in leaf traits of 38 tropical tree species in response to light; relationships with light demand and adult stature

DMA Rozendaal, VH Hurtado, L Poorter - Functional Ecology, 2006 - JSTOR
1. The sun-shade acclimation and plasticity of 16 functional leaf traits of 38 tropical tree
species were studied in relation to their light demand, maximum adult stature and …

Improved estimates of global terrestrial photosynthesis using information on leaf chlorophyll content

X Luo, H Croft, JM Chen, L He… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The terrestrial biosphere plays a critical role in mitigating climate change by absorbing
anthropogenic CO2 emissions through photosynthesis. The rate of photosynthesis is …

Spectroscopy of canopy chemicals in humid tropical forests

GP Asner, RE Martin, DE Knapp, R Tupayachi… - Remote Sensing of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Remote sensing of canopy chemistry could greatly advance the study and monitoring of
functional processes and biological diversity in humid tropical forests. Imaging spectroscopy …

Leaf traits determine the growth-survival trade-off across rain forest tree species

FJ Sterck, L Poorter, F Schieving - The American Naturalist, 2006 - journals.uchicago.edu
A dominant hypothesis explaining tree species coexistence in tropical forest is that trade-offs
in characters allow species to adapt to different light environments, but tests for this …

Convergence in light capture efficiencies among tropical forest understory plants with contrasting crown architectures: a case of morphological compensation

F Valladares, JB Skillman… - American journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf and crown characteristics were examined for 24 tree and herbaceous species of
contrasting architectures from the understory of a lowland rainforest. Light‐capture efficiency …

Light‐dependent leaf trait variation in 43 tropical dry forest tree species

L Markesteijn, L Poorter… - American Journal of Botany, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of leaf acclimation in relation to irradiance of fully grown or juvenile trees
is mainly based on research involving tropical wet forest species. We studied sun–shade …

Estimation of photosynthesis traits from leaf reflectance spectra: Correlation to nitrogen content as the dominant mechanism

B Dechant, M Cuntz, M Vohland, E Schulz… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have investigated reflectance-based estimations of physico-chemical leaf
traits such as the contents of light absorbing pigments, leaf mass per area, or carbon and …