Light response characteristics of a morphologically diverse group of southern hemisphere conifers as measured by chlorophyll fluorescence

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-17

  Brodribb, Tim ^a   Hill, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Conifers; Leaf morphology; Light response; Shade adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONIFER; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT ENVIRONMENT; SHADING;

ACTINOSTROBUS ACUMINATUS; PODOCARPACEAE; PODOCARPUS DISPERMIS;

EID: 0030620350     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050127     Document Type: Article

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