The effect of solar UV radiation on four plant species occurring in a coastal grassland vegetation in The Netherlands

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 731-739

  Tosserams, Marcel ^a   Pais De Sà, Antonio ^b   Rozema, Jelte ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calamagrostis epigeios; chlorophyll; growth; optical properties; photosynthesis; Plantago lanceolata; solar UV radiation; Urtica dioica; UV absorbing pigments; Verbascum thapsus

Indexed keywords

CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEJOS; LANCEOLATA; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; URTICA DIOICA; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM THAPSUS;

EID: 0030513339     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.970414.x     Document Type: Article

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