Photosynthetic responses of Miconia species to canopy openings in a lowland tropical rainforest

Oecologia

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 49-56

  Newell, Elizabeth A ^a   McDonald, Evan P ^b   Strain, Boyd R ^b   Denslow, Julie S ^c  

^a HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Miconia; Photosynthetic acclimation; Rainforest; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001853935     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00317300     Document Type: Article

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