Marcescence and senescence in a submediterranean oak (Quercus subpyrenaica E.H. del Villar): Photosynthetic Characteristics and nutrient composition

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 685-694

  Abadia A ^a   Gil Pelegrin, E ^b   Morales, F ^a   Montanes L ^a   Montserrat, G ^c   Abadia J ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Unit of Forest Resources   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Marcescence; Nutrition; Oak; Photosynthetic pigments; Quercus subpyrenaica; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010500940     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00403.x     Document Type: Article

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