Cold resistance mechanisms in high desert Andean plants

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 552-555

  Squeo, Francisco A ^a   Rada, Fermín ^b   García, Claudio ^a   Ponce, Mauricio ^a   Rojas, Ana ^a   Azócar, Aura ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chile; Cold resistance mechanisms; High desert mountains; Life forms; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030046281     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00330019     Document Type: Article

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