Surface morphology, leaf and cuticle thickness of four dwarf shrubs from a sub-Arctic heath following long-term exposure to enhanced levels of UV-B

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-294

  Semerdjieva, S I ^a   Phoenix, G K ^b   Hares, D ^a   Gwynn Jones, D ^b   Callaghan, T V ^b   Sheffield, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DWARF SHRUBS;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; IDAEA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0037846464     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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