Quantifying the effect of shade on cuticle morphology and carbon isotopes of sycamores: present and past.

ABSTRACT:

Premise

Reconstructing the light environment and architecture of the plant canopy from the fossil record requires the use of proxies, such as those derived from cell wall undulation, cell size, and carbon isotopes. All approaches assume that plant taxa will respond predictably to changes in light environments. However, most species-level studies looking at cell wall undulation only consider "sun" or "shade" leaves; therefore, we need a fully quantitative taxon-specific method.

Methods

We quantified the response of cell wall undulation, cell size, and carbon isotopes of Platanus occidentalis using two experimental setups: (1) two growth chambers at low and high light and (2) a series of outdoor growth experiments using green and black shade cloth at different densities. We th

SUBMITTER: Milligan JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9306692 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature