Leaf gas exchange in Espeletia schultzii Wedd, a giant caulescent rosette species, along an altitudinal gradient in the Venezuelan Andes

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-79

  Rada, Fermin ^a   Azocar, Aura ^a   Gonzalez, Juan ^b   Briceño, Benito ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Carbon assimilation; Espeletia schultzii masl; Giant rosette; Metres above sea level; Temperature stress; Tropical mountain; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF; WATER;

ANDES; VENEZUELA;

ESPELETIA SCHULTZII;

EID: 0031946161     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(98)80010-6     Document Type: Article

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