Photosynthetic parameters, dark respiration and leaf traits in the canopy of a Peruvian tropical montane cloud forest

• Published in: Oecologia Vol. 168; no. 1; pp. 23 - 34
• Main Authors: van de Weg, Martine Janet, Meir, Patrick, Grace, John, Ramos, Guilmair Damian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer 01.01.2012; Springer-Verlag; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Canopies; Carbon Dioxide - metabolism; Cloud forests; Ecology; Forest canopy; Hydrology/Water Resources; Leaves; Life Sciences; Lowland forests; Lowlands; Nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; Organ Size; Peru; Phosphorus - metabolism; Photosynthesis; PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY; Physiological ecology - Original Paper; Plant Leaves - anatomy & histology; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant Transpiration - physiology; Plants; Respiration; Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase - metabolism; Temperature; Trees; Tropical Climate; Tropical forests; Tropical rain forests; Peru; Phosphorus; curves; –; Leaf mass per area; Nitrogen

Few data are available describing the photosynthetic parameters of the leaves of tropical montane cloud forests (TMCF). Here, we present a study of photosynthetic leaf traits (V cmax and J max ), foliar dark respiration (R d ), foliar nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), and leaf mass per area (LMA) thr...