Response of Somatal Characteristics and its Plasticity to Different Light Intensities in Leaves of Seven Tropical Woody Seedlings

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    摘要 Stomatalcharacteristicsanditsplasticityweresurveyedinleavesoffourcanopyspecies,Shoreachinensis,Pometiatomentosa,Anthocephaluschinensis,Calophyllunpolyanthumandthreemiddle-layerspecies,Barringtoniapendula,Garciniahanburyi,Horsfieldiatetratepala,acclimatedtodifferentlightconditionsformorethanoneyear.Allplant'sstomataaredistributedontheabaxialofleaves.PometiatomentosaandBarringtoniapendulahavehigherstomataldensityandtheguardcelllengthofAnthocephaluschinensisandCalophyllunpolyanthumweremuchgreaterthanothers'.Stomataldensityandstomatalindex(ratioofstomatalnumberstoepidermalcellnumber)wereincreasedwithgrowthirradianceincreased,whilenumbersofstomataperleafwerehigherinthelowthanthehighrelativePFD,andstomatalconductanceofleaveswasthehighestinthe50%offulllightexceptforAnthocephaluschinensis.TherelativePFDhaslittleeffectsontheguardcelllengthofallsevenplants.Wehavealsofoundasignificantnegativecorrelationbetweenstomataldensityandleafarea,butthestomatalconductancewasnotsignificantlypositivewiththestomatalconductance.Theanalysisofphenotypicplasticityofstomatalcharacteristicsshowed:plasticityindexforstomatalindexandnumbersofstomatalperleafweresimilarforcanopyandmiddle-layerspecies,whiletheplasticityindexofstomataldensityandstomatalconductanceweresignificantlygreaterforcanopyspeciesthanmiddle-layerspecies.Thehighplasticityofcanopyspecieswasconsistentwiththehypothesisthatspecializationinamorefavorableenvironmentincreasesplasticity.
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    出版日期 2004年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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