The physiological ecology of vascular epiphytes: Current knowledge, open questions

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 364, 2001, Pages 2067-2078

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b,d   Hietz, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Intraspecific variation; Mortality; Nutrient relations; Phenotypic plasticity; Photosynthesis; Water relations

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); STABILITY;

ABIOTIC CONSTRAINTS;

ECOLOGY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0034754678     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/52.364.2067     Document Type: Review

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