Photosynthetic capacity in relation to leaf position in desert versus old-field annuals.

Abstract:

:Desert annuals of Death Valley, California have higher average light-saturated photosynthetic capacities and leaf nitrogen contents than do early-successional annuals of Illinois. The leaves of annuals in the light-unlimited Death Valley environment change little in specific weight, nitrogen, or photosynthetic capacity with age. In contrast, these properties decrease markedly with age in the leaves of the Illinois annuals even in leaves not exposed to the usual shading that accompanies canopy development. These results are interpreted in a carbon-gained-per-nitrogen-invested context.

journal_name

Oecologia

journal_title

Oecologia

authors

Mooney HA,Field C,Gulmon SL,Bazzaz FA

doi

10.1007/BF00378802

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1981-08-01 00:00:00

pages

109-112

issue

1

eissn

0029-8549

issn

1432-1939

pii

10.1007/BF00378802

journal_volume

50

pub_type

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