No difference in leaf respiration rates among temperate, subarctic, and arctic species grown under controlled conditions

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 317-320

  Collier, Donald E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative pathway respiration; Arctic; Leaf respiration; Subarctic; Temperate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030019215     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-039     Document Type: Article

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