Interrelationships between Leaf Amount, Light Distribution and Total Photosynthesis in a Plant Community

Abstract

Reviews the literature and attempts to improve the methods and equations in determining these relationships for whole communities, with a view to estimating total photosynthesis. A comparison is made of data from a stand of Zelkova serrata (taking account of the different photosynthetic activity of sun- and shade-leaves) and from a stand of annual plants (Celosia cristata). KEYWORDS: Botany general \ Photosynthesis \ effects \ sun and shade leaves \ Photosynthesis total, estimation \ physiology \ plant physiology \ physiology \ plant physiology \ Zelkova serrata