Photosynthetic capacity and specific leaf mass in twenty woody species of Cerrado vegetation under field conditions

Photosynthetica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-112

  Prado, C H B A ^a   De Moraes, J A P V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

deciduous species; evergreen species; irradiance; net photosynthetic rate; sclerophylly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030939926     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022183423630     Document Type: Article

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