Photosynthetic adaptation and acclimation to exploit seasonal periods of direct irradiance in three temperate, deciduous-forest herbs

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 722-731

  Rothstein, D E ^a,b   Zak, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbaceous; Light relations; Phenology; Photosynthesis; Spring ephemeral

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HERB; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALLIUM TRICOCCUM; TIARELLA; TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA; VIOLA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0035668265     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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