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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Marian
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Craig E.
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-11T20:59:35Z
dc.date.available2012-06-11T20:59:35Z
dc.date.issued1987
dc.identifier.citationSmith, M. and C.E. Martin. 1987. Growth and morphological responses to irradiance in three forest understory species of the C4 grass genus Muhlenbergia. Bot. Gaz. 148: 141-148.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/9883
dc.descriptionThis is the publisher's version, also available electronically from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2995468.
dc.description.abstractThree species of the C4 grass genus Muhlenbergia—M. frondosa, M. sobolifera, and M. schreberi— were collected from forest understory sites in northeastern Kansas and grown in a growth chamber at 1,500, 150, and 15-25 fjimol m~2 s - 1 photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD). Leaf, stem, root, and total biomasses and several morphological and anatomical characteristics were measured after 35-38 days. Results were compared with similar measurements for M. cuspidata collected from exposed prairie sites. Although all species grew maximally at the highest PPFD, M. sobolifera grew equally well at medium PPFD. Few anatomical changes were correlated with changes in PPFD except leaf thickness, which increased with increasing PPFD. The results indicate that, while the understory species of Muhlenbergia can adjust morphologically to some extent to shaded environments, they produce more biomass at higher PPFD.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Chicago Press
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/2995468
dc.titleGrowth and Morphological Responses to Irradiance in Three Forest Understory Species of the C4 Grass Genus Muhlenbergia
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kusw.kuauthorSmith, Marian
kusw.kuauthorMartin, Craig E.
kusw.kudepartmentBotany
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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