Short-term responses of photosynthesis to elevated CO2 in leaves of canopy species Castanopsis patelliformis in tropical mountain rain forest in Jianfengling, Hainan Island
Abstract:The responses of tropical plants to CO_2 enrichment are interest in view of the global increase in CO_2 levels. In this research we measure and analyze the short-term responses of photosynthesis diurnal courses and photosynthetic light response in sun leaves of the canopy species Castanopsis patelliformis. The measurements were made with Li-6400 (Li-cor, Inc., USA) portable photosynthesis system, where CO_2 was controlled at ambient (350μmol/mol) and elevated (700μmol/mol) concentrations respectively, ...