Adaptation of stomatal response of Camellia rusticana to a heavy snowfall environment: Winter drought and net photosynthesis

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-216

  Kume, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Chikako ^a,b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Camellia rusticana; Sea of Japan; snow cover; stomata; winter drought

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA JAPONICA; CAMELLIA RUSTICANA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0029902929     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347687     Document Type: Article

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