Microclimate and ecophysiological significance of the tree-like life-form of Lobelia rhynchopetalum in a tropical alpine environment

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 332-340

  Fetene, Masresha ^a   Gashaw, Menassie ^b   Nauke, Pascale ^c   Beck, Erwin ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Ethiopian Wildl Conserv Org   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bale and Simen Mountains; Giant rosette plants; Lobelia rhynchopetalum; Microclimate; Tropical alpine environments

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH FORM; MICROCLIMATE; TROPICS;

ETHIOPIA, BALE MOUNTAINS; ETHIOPIA, SIMEN MOUNTAINS;

CAMPANULACEAE; LOBELIA RHYNCHOPETALUM;

EID: 0031931758     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050384     Document Type: Article

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