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

@article{citeulike:2625125, 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. {\copyright} 1981 Springer-Verlag.}, address = {Department of Botany, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States}, author = {Mooney, H. A. and Field, C. and Gulmon, S. L. and Bazzaz, F. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {2625125}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00378802}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-0000425008}, doi = {10.1007/BF00378802}, journal = {Oecologia}, keywords = {aging, nitrogen, photosynthesis, position}, number = {1}, pages = {109--112}, posted-at = {2008-04-03 06:03:05}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, title = {Photosynthetic capacity in relation to leaf position in desert versus old-field annuals}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00378802}, volume = {50}, year = {1981} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2625125 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2625125 N2 - 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. © 1981 Springer-Verlag. IS - 1 JF - Oecologia AD - Department of Botany, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States EP - 112 TI - Photosynthetic capacity in relation to leaf position in desert versus old-field annuals PB - Springer-Verlag VL - 50 SP - 109 KW - aging KW - nitrogen KW - photosynthesis KW - position AU - Mooney, HA AU - Field, C AU - Gulmon, SL AU - Bazzaz, FA PY - 1981/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00378802 ER -