Water relations and photosynthetic performance of fruticose lichens from the semiarid Southeast of Spain

Flora

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-60

  Del Prado, R ^a   Sancho, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lichen; Light; Photosynthesis; Semiarid; Temperature; Water content

Indexed keywords

LICHEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEMIARID REGION; WATER RELATIONS;

(SOUTHEAST); SPAIN;

RAMALINA; RAMALINA BOURGEANA; TELOSCHISTES LACUNOSUS;

EID: 0034087606     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30947-7     Document Type: Article

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