Acclimation of Lamina Mass Per Unit Area, Photosynthetic Characteristics and Dark Respiration to Growth Light Regimes in Four Tropical Rainforest Species
Abstract:The morphological and physiological acclimation to three growth light regimes were explored in seedlings of four tropical rainforest tree species during the foggy and cool season in 2000 at Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province, China. The main purpose was to determine whether plasticity of photosynthetic capacity and lamina mass per unit area (indicating leaf thickness) was greater in light-demanding species than that in shade-tolerant species, and to determine the relative importance of morphological and physiol...