Poikilohydry and homoihydry: Antithesis or spectrum of possibilities?

New Phytologist

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 327-349

  Proctor, Michael C F ^a   Tuba, Zoltán ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategies; Bryophytes; Desiccation tolerance; Ectohydry and endohydry; Poikilochlorophylly; Pteridophytes; Resurrection plants; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER STRESS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036899768     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00526.x     Document Type: Review

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