title: Photosynthetic characteristic of South African sclerophylls.
abstract: Sclerophyll shrubs of the South African mountain fynbos have leaves similar in structural and physiological properties to leaves from evergreen shrubs of other mediterranean-climate regions. These leaves have relatively low photosynthetic capacities (<14 μmol CO2m-2s-1), and are light saturated at relatively low photon irradiances (<1.0 mmol m-2s-1). They have broad temperature responses of photosynthesis, moderate water-use efficiencies (∼0.003 mol CO2/mol H2O), high specific weights (∼200 g m-2) and low nitrogen contents (∼10 mg g-1).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Mooney
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Field
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gulmon
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 92717, Irvine, CA, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rundel
authors.affiliation: South African Forestry Research Institute, P.O. Box 727, 0001, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Kruger