Whole-plant consequences of Crassulacean acid metabolism for a tropical forest understory plant

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1584-1593

  Skillman, John B ^a,b   Garcia, Milton ^a   Winter, Klaus ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aechmea magdalenae; Barro Colorado Island; Biomass allocation; Bromeliad; C3; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Niche; Panama; Photosynthesis; Plant growth; Sunflecks; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LEAF; NICHE PARTITIONING; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

PANAMA;

AECHMEA; AECHMEA MAGDALENAE; ANANAS COMOSUS; BROMELIA; BROMELIA PLUMIERI; CRASSULACEAE;

EID: 0032873107     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1584:WPCOCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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