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Ecophysiological roles of abaxial anthocyanins in a perennial understorey herb from temperate deciduous forests
dc.creator | Fernández Marín, Beatriz | es_ES |
dc.creator | Esteban Terradillos, Raquel | es_ES |
dc.creator | Míguez, Fátima | es_ES |
dc.creator | Artetxe, Unai | es_ES |
dc.creator | Castañeda Presa, Verónica | es_ES |
dc.creator | Pintó Marijuan, Marta | es_ES |
dc.creator | Becerril, José María | es_ES |
dc.creator | García Plazaola, José Ignacio | es_ES |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-31T08:07:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-31T08:07:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-2851 (Electronic) | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2454/30336 | |
dc.description.abstract | Accumulation of abaxial anthocyanins is an intriguing leaf trait particularly common among deeply shaded understorey plants of tropical and temperate forests whose ecological significance is still not properly understood. To shed light on it, possible ecophysiological roles of abaxial anthocyanins were tested in the perennial understorey herb of temperate deciduous forests Saxifraga hirsuta, chosen as a model species due to the coexistence of green and anthocyanic leaves and the presence of an easily removable lower anthocyanic epidermis. Anthocyanins accumulated during autumn, which temporally matched the overstorey leaf fall. Patterns of development of abaxial anthocyanins and direct measurements of photochemical efficiency under monochromatic light were not consistent with a photoprotective hypothesis. Enhancement of light capture also seemed unlikely since the back-scattering of red light towards the lower mesophyll was negligible. Seed germination was similar under acyanic and anthocyanic leaves. A relevant consequence of abaxial anthocyanins was the dramatic reduction of light transmission through the leaf. The dark environment generated underneath the Saxifraga canopy was enhanced by the horizontal repositioning of leaves, which occurs in parallel with reddening. This might play a role in biotic interactions by inhibiting vital processes of competitors, which may be of especial importance in spring before the overstorey leaves sprout. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors acknowledge post-doctoral grants from the Research Vicerrectorate of the UPV/EHU, Marie Curie IEF grant (328370 MELISSA) from the European FP7-327 PEOPLE, JAE-Doc fellow from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and pre-doctoral fellowship from the Basque Government. The work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (BFU 2010-15021) and co-funded by Feder and by the Basque Government (UPV/EHU-GV IT-624-13)]. | en |
dc.format.extent | 12 p. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/zip | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Aob Plants, 7: plv042 | en |
dc.rights | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License,which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in anymedium, provided the originalwork is properly cited. | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Abaxial anthocyanins | en |
dc.subject | Lactucaxanthin | en |
dc.subject | Photoprotection | en |
dc.subject | Saxifraga hirsuta | en |
dc.subject | Spectrum | en |
dc.subject | Winter | en |
dc.title | Ecophysiological roles of abaxial anthocyanins in a perennial understorey herb from temperate deciduous forests | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | en |
dc.type | Artículo / Artikulua | es |
dc.contributor.department | Ciencias del Medio Natural | es_ES |
dc.contributor.department | Natura Ingurunearen Zientziak | eu |
dc.contributor.department | IdAB. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología / Agrobioteknologiako Institutua | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en |
dc.rights.accessRights | Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/aobpla/plv042 | |
dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/European Commission/FP7/328370 | en |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plv042 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | en |
dc.type.version | Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa | es |