Acclimation of Myrtus communis to contrasting Mediterranean light environments - Effects on structure and chemical composition of foliage and plant water relations

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-178

  Mendes, M M ^a,b   Gazarini, L C ^b   Rodrigues, M L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Chlorophyll; Leaf anatomy; Leaf conductance; Nitrogen; Plant water status; Shade plants; Sun plants

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL A; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT INTENSITY; PLANT ADAPTATION; PLANT LEAF; SEASONALITY; SHADE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; THICKNESS; WATER POTENTIAL; WATER STRESS;

EID: 0035099549     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(01)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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