Size-related intraspecific variability in physiological traits of vascular epiphytes and its importance for plant physiological ecology

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-28

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Intraspecific variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant physiological ecology; Plant size; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EPIPHYTE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SIZE EFFECT; VASCULAR PLANT;

EID: 0034120254     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00002     Document Type: Article

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