Teaching botany on the sunny side of the tree: Promoting investigative studies of plant ecophysiology through observations and experiments on sun and shade leaves

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-190

  Weyers, Jonathan D B ^a   Höglund, Hans Olof ^b   Mc Ewen, Birgitta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leaf development; Light environment; Plant acclimation

Indexed keywords

LEAF DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0031752816     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.1998.9655619     Document Type: Article

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