Photosynthesis of mistletoes in relation to their hosts at various sites in tropical Brazil

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-174

  Lüttge, Ulrich ^a   Haridasan, Mundayatan ^b   Fernandes, Geraldo W ^c   De Mattos, Eduardo A ^d   Trimborn, Peter ^e   Franco, Augusto C ^b   Caldas, Linda S ^b   Ziegler, Hubert ^f  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Carbon isotope ratios; Cerrado; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Mistletoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031889714     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050136     Document Type: Article

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