Photosynthetic functions of cembran pines and dwarf pines during winter at timberline as regulated by different temperatures, snowcover and light

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-166

  Lehner, Gabriele ^a   Lütz, Cornelius ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alps; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Photosynthesis; Pinus cembra; Pinus mugo; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SNOW;

CEMBRAN PINES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 0037326787     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-00798     Document Type: Article

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