Photosynthetic responses of a moss, Tortula ruralis, ssp. ruralis, and the lichens Cladonia convoluta and C. furcata to water deficit and short periods of desiccation, and their ecophysiological significance: A baseline study at present-day CO2 concentration

New Phytologist

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 353-361

  Tuba, Zoltan ^a,b   Csintalan, Zsolt ^a   Proctor, Michael C F ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; CO2 exchange; Desiccation tolerance; Poikilohydric habit; Relative water content

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CLADONIA CONVOLUTA; CONVOLUTA; CONVOLUTA CONVOLUTA; LUEHEIA; TORTULA RURALIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0001467469     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb01902.x     Document Type: Article

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