Photosynthetica 1997, 33(1):103-112 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1022183423630

Photosynthetic capacity and specific leaf mass in twenty woody species of Cerrado vegetation under field conditions

C.H.B.A. Prado1, J.A.P.V. De Moraes1
1 Centro de Cięncias Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Botânica, Laborató, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos-SP, Brasil

Photosynthetic capacity on area (P Nmaxa ) and mass bases (P Nmaxm ) and specific leaf mass (SLM) were determined in twenty adult woody species of Cerrado under field conditions. The mean values obtained for P Nmaxa [11.4 µmol(CO2) m-2 s-1], P Nmaxm [78 µmol(CO2) kg-1 s-1] and SLM (150 g m-2) were compared with mean values found for deciduous and evergreen sclerophyllous species growing also under field conditions. P Nmaxm and SLM were statistically different among deciduous, Cerrado and evergreen sclerophyllous species. There was a gradual decrease of P Nmaxm and an increase of SLM from deciduous to evergreen sclerophyllous species. Woody species of Cerrado showed mean values of P Nmaxm and SLM between deciduous and evergreen species indicating its brevideciduousness. The comparison using mean values of P Nmaxm and SLM belonging to deciduous, Cerrado and evergreen sclerophyllous species was suitable to confirm the interdependence among leaf life span, structure and physiological attributes of leaf.

Additional key words: deciduous species; evergreen species; irradiance; net photosynthetic rate; sclerophylly

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Prado, C.H.B.A., & De Moraes, J.A.P.V. (1997). Photosynthetic capacity and specific leaf mass in twenty woody species of Cerrado vegetation under field conditions. Photosynthetica, 33(1), 103-112. doi: 10.1023/A:1022183423630
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