Photosynthetic responses of tree seedlings in grass and under shrubs in early-successional tropical old fields, Costa Rica

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-50

  Loik, Michael E ^a   Holl, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Photon flux density; Photoprotection; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEEDLING;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0035027092     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000566     Document Type: Article

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