In memory of C. S. Pittendrigh: Does exposure in forest canopies relate to photoprotective strategies in epiphytic bromeliads?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-23

  Griffiths, H ^a   Maxwell, K ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bromeliad ecology; Non photochemical quenching; Photoinhibition; Photosynthesis; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; FOREST CANOPY; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032999126     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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