Acclimation or stress symptom? An integrated study of intraspecific variation in the clonal plant Aechmea bromeliifolia, a widespread CAM tank-bromeliad

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-401

  Scarano, F R ^a   Duarte, H M ^a   Rocas G ^a   Barreto, S M B ^a   Amado, E F ^a   Reinert, F ^a   Wendt, T ^a   Mantovani, A ^a   Lima, H R P ^b   Barros, C F ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Foraging behaviour; Phenotypic variation; Restinga; Sandy coastal plains

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CLONAL GROWTH; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WATER STRESS;

BRAZIL;

AECHMEA;

EID: 0036909316     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2002.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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