Responses of rainforest understorey plants to excess light during sunflecks

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Watling, Jenny R ^a,b,e   Robinson, Sharon A ^b,d   Woodrow, Ian E ^c   Osmond, C Barry ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLUMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; RAINFOREST; SUNFLECK; UNDERSTOREY SPECIES;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA; ALPINIA HYLANDII; ARACEAE; CASTANOSPORA ALPHANDII; OMALANTHUS NOVO-GUINEENSIS; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 0030620217     PISSN: 03107841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PP96074     Document Type: Article

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