In:
Journal of Tropical Ecology, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 33, No. 3 ( 2017-05), p. 237-240
Abstract:
A greater relative allocation of phosphorus (P) to photosynthetically active cells functions to maintain a rapid photosynthesis under P limitation, and may be a key mechanism of plants to use P efficiently. This mechanism has not been studied in tropical trees despite the productivity of tropical forests often being limited by P. In this study, the spatial distribution of P among tissues on a cross-section of leaf lamina was analysed for 13 tree species from P-limited sites on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. Most species showed greater P concentration in palisade mesophyll than in spongy mesophyll and epidermal tissues, suggesting that tropical trees under P limitation localize foliar P in photosynthetic palisade mesophyll.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0266-4674
,
1469-7831
DOI:
10.1017/S0266467417000141
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1466679-0
SSG:
12
SSG:
23
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