Photosynthetic Capacity Measurements of Peltophorum africanum using Licor 6400, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2009

For photosynthetic capacity we used a Licor 6400 to derive A-Ci curves (curves of the response of photosynthetic rate to changes in leaf internal CO2 concentration) following the field protocol used by Xu and Baldocchi (2003). This protocol involves allowing the leaf to acclimatise for 30 minutes to a high (1000 ppm) chamber CO2 concentration and then programing a decrease in CO2 concentration in the sequence 1000, 700, 500, 360, 200, 150, 100, 50 ppm. The leaves were given eight minutes to acclimatise to each CO2 level before measuring the gas exchange parameters. Light intensity was set to 800 mymolm2s-1.

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Field Value
Geographic coverage
Geographic description Kruger National Park, South Africa
Bounding coordinates
North: -24.01
West: 31.48
East: 31.48
South: -24.01
Temporal coverage
Timestep March 12, 2009
Taxonomic coverage
Genus Peltophorum
Species africanum
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Last Updated December 17, 2020, 15:20 (UTC)
Created December 17, 2020, 15:20 (UTC)

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Creator
Name Steven Higgins
Organization affiliations
Department of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Altenhoeferallee 1
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

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Name Steven Higgins
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Organization affiliations
Department of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Altenhoeferallee 1
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

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