Size-related differences in carbon isotope discrimination in the epiphytic orchid, Dimerandra emarginata

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-40

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b   Ziegler, Hubert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Inst fur Bot Mikrobiol der T   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BOTANY; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS EXCHANGE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

DIMERANDRA EMARGINATA;

EID: 0033054446     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050566     Document Type: Article

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