Leaf carbon isotope ratios from a tropical dry forest in Venezuela

Flora

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-124

  Sobrado, M A ^a   Ehleringer, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon isotope ratio; intercellular CO2; tropical forest; water potential; 13C

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030897472     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30766-1     Document Type: Article

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