Contrasting strategies for UV-B screening in sub-Arctic dwarf shrubs

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 957-964

  Semerdjieva, S I ^a   Sheffield, E ^a   Phoenix, G K ^b   Gwynn Jones, D ^c   Callaghan, T V ^b,d   Johnson, Giles N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enhanced UV B; Fluorescence microscopy; Phenolics; Vaccinium myrtillus; Vaccinium uliginosum; Vaccinium vitis idaea

Indexed keywords

OZONE DEPLETION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHRUB; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

SWEDEN;

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

EID: 0038722692     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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