A review of light interception in plant stands from leaf to canopy in different plant functional types and in species with varying shade tolerance

By U. Niinemets. Ecological research, 2010

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Growth and photosynthetic responses of soybean seedlings to maize shading in relay intercropping system in Southwest China (2014, background): “As leaf area and LDM are regarded as key traits to alter lightharvesting capability (Niinemets 2010), the GX might be more tolerant cultivar to maize shading than GQD.”
Within-canopy variation in photosynthetic capacity, SLA and foliar N in temperate broad-leaved trees with contrasting shade tolerance (2014, background): “…shade-tolerant foliage is closely linked to efficient light harvesting, which requires the allocation of carbon and nitrogen over larger leaf areas (Niinemets 2010), certain woody species might well face inherent limitations in the maximum leaf size achievable per amount of C and N invested in…”
Estimating leaf inclination and G-function from leveled digital camera photography in broadleaf canopies (2011, background): “However, direct leaf inclination measurements should be obtained whenever possible, as there will always exist a large variety of leaf orientation, both among different species and in the space– time domain within a single species (Ross 1981; Niinemets 1998; Kull et al. 1999; Utsugi 1999; Niinemets ”
Shedding light on shade: ecological perspectives of understorey plant life (2016, background): “Although the way in which plants cope with shade has been extensively studied, there is still debate about the importance of different traits, patterns of biomass allocation, and developmental and reproductive strategies (Figure 2; Poorter and Bongers 2006; Valladares and Niinemets 2008; Niinemets 2”
Plant Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Environmental Factors (2014, background): “In particular, at shoot scale, foliage inclination angle and foliage spatial aggregation are themajor determinants of light harvesting while, at the canopy scale branching frequency, foliage distribution and biomass allocation to leaves modify light harvesting significantly [102].”
The role of crown architecture, leaf phenology and photosynthetic activity in promoting complementary use of light among coexisting species in temperate forests (2010, background): “For example, light-interception efficiency may be modified at various spatial and temporal scales from chlorophyll content of leaves to biomass allocation to leaves within whole plants (Niinemets 2009).”
Finding Our Way through Phenotypes (2015, background): “Plants (3): The uppermost canopy of trees of the rainforest (top layer) undergo a marked increase in branching associated with climate change [128].”
Crown plasticity enables trees to optimize canopy packing in mixed-species forests (2015, background): “All rights reserved. development of multi-layered canopies when shade-tolerant species recruit under taller, light demanding pioneers (Canham et al. 1994; Niinemets 2010; Morin et al. 2011; Hardiman et al. 2013).”