The utilization of lightflecks for growth in four australian rain-forest species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-239

  Watling, J R ^a,b,e   Ball, M C ^c   Woodrow, I E ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth analysis; photosynthesis; sunflecks

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; GROWTH ANALYSIS; LIGHTFLECK; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALIA;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA; ARACEAE; DIPLOGLOTTIS DIPHYLLOSTEGIA; MICROMELUM MINUTUM; OMALANTHUS NOVO-GUINENSIS;

EID: 0030620329     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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