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| CASANOVA-KATNY,M. ANGÉLICA; BRAVO,LEÓN A; MOLINA-MONTENEGRO,MARCO; CORCUERA,LUIS J; CAVIERES,LOHENGRIN A. |
| Photosynthesis of Colobanthus quitensis and mesoclimatic conditions of air temperature and light intensity during the growing season were investigated at 2,650 m in the central Chilean Andes. On three typical days of the growing period (January, March and May), CO2 exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence were measured. In addition, a series of fluorescence response curves with increasing light intensity at different temperatures were performed to estimate the propensity of Andean C. quitensis populations to be photoinhibited. Net Photosynthesis (Pn) was low (ca. 2.0 mmol CO2 m-2s-1) during the morning and noon in days with high photosynthetic active radiation (PAR, above 1,800 mmol photons m-2s-1). Pn increased in the afternoon (3.5-4.8 mmol CO2 m-2s-1) when... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Net photosynthesis; Chlorophyll fluorescence; NPQ; Alpine climate; Alpine plants; Andes. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2006000100004 |
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| TORRES-MELLADO,GUSTAVO A; ESCOBAR,INELIA; PALFNER,GOTZ; CASANOVA-KATNY,M. ANGÉLICA. |
| The five known genera of Gilliesieae have their diversity center in the Mediterranean zone of central Chile, where many of their habitats are threatened by urban expansion, industrial and agroforestry activities, as well as other anthropogenic impacts. Very little is known about the biology of these particular geophytes, the majority of which currently have either vulnerable or endangered status, mainly due to their dispersed and small populations generally associated to remnants of native vegetation. As mycorrhizal associations are essential for soil resource acquisition and stress mitigation in most plants, our objective was to assess the hitherto unknown mycotrophic status of ten species of Gilliesieae from central Chile by qualitative and quantitative... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Endangered species; Glomeromycota; Latitudinal transect; Mediterranean climate; Monocotyledoneae. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2012000200004 |
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| SIERRA-ALMEIDA,ÁNGELA; CASANOVA-KATNY,M. ANGÉLICA; BRAVO,LEÓN A; CORCUERA,LUIS J; CAVIERES,LOHENGRIN A. |
| Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth, 1831) Bartling (Caryophyllaceae) is characterized by a wide latitudinal distribution, ranging between the tropical high Andes and the Antarctic Peninsula. Although both habitat types are characterized by cold and freezing temperatures, important microclimatic differences exist during the growing season. Hence, important differences in the response of the photosynthetic apparatus to abiotic factors could be expected between Antarctic and Andean populations of C. quitensis. We studied the relationship between net photosynthesis, leaf temperature and light intensity in two populations of C. quitensis, one from La Parva in the Andes of central Chile and the other from King George Island, in the Maritime Antarctic. Plants from both... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Photosynthesis; Colobanthus quitensis; Optimum leaf temperature; Light intensity. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2007000300007 |
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