Aurelio Virgo
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
33 Papers
386 Citations
Aurelio Virgo is an academic researcher from Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Crassulacean acid metabolism & Photosynthesis. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 32 publications.
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Papers
High-temperature tolerance of a tropical tree, Ficus insipida: methodological reassessment and climate change considerations
G. Heinrich Krause,G. Heinrich Krause,Klaus Winter,Barbara Krause,Peter Jahns,Milton N. Garcia,Jorge Aranda,Aurelio Virgo +7 more
TL;DR: In view of anthropogenic global warming, heat tolerance of a neotropical pioneer tree, Ficus insipida Willd.
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Sun-shade patterns of leaf carotenoid composition in 86 species of neotropical forest plants
Shizue Matsubara,G. Heinrich Krause,Jorge Aranda,Aurelio Virgo,Kim Gabriele Beisel,Peter Jahns,Klaus Winter +6 more
TL;DR: Under low light, leaves invested less in structural components and more in light harvesting, as manifested by low leaf dry mass per area (LMA) and enhanced mass-based accumulation of chlorophyll and carotenoids, especially lutein and neoxanthin.
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Xanthophyll-cycle pigments and photosynthetic capacity in tropical forest species: a comparative field study on canopy, gap and understory plants
TL;DR: Aechmea magdalenae, an understory CAM plant, showed exceptionally high rates of PSmax per unit leaf area compared to sympatric C3 understory species, and understory plants rarely contained any detectable zeaxanthin.
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Leaf heat tolerance of 147 tropical forest species varies with elevation and leaf functional traits, but not with phylogeny
Martijn Slot,Daniela Cala,Daniela Cala,Jorge Aranda,Aurelio Virgo,Sean T. Michaletz,Klaus Winter +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors surveyed leaf heat tolerance of sun-exposed leaves from 147 tropical lowland and pre-montane forest species by determining the temperatures at which potential photosystem II efficiency based on chlorophyll a fluorescence started to decrease (TCrit ) and had decreased by 50% (T50 ).
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Lutein epoxide cycle, light harvesting and photoprotection in species of the tropical tree genus Inga.
Shizue Matsubara,G. Heinrich Krause,G. Heinrich Krause,Martin Seltmann,Aurelio Virgo,Thomas A. Kursar,Thomas A. Kursar,Peter Jahns,Klaus Winter +8 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that slow Lx accumulation in Inga leaves may improve light harvesting under limiting light, while quick de-epoxidation of Lx to L in response to excess light may enhance photoprotection.
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