Carbon relations of fruits of epiphytic orchids

Flora

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-105

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b   Vollrath, Birgit ^a   Schmidt, Gerold ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crassulacean acid metabolism; Gas exchange; Orchidaceae; Photosynthesis; Reproduction; Respiration; Vascular epiphytes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EPIPHYTE; FRUIT; GAS EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION;

CAULARTHRON BILAMELLATUM; DIMERANDRA EMARGINATA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0037261962     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0367-2530-00081     Document Type: Article

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