Freezing avoidance mechanisms in juveniles of giant rosette plants of the genus Espeletia

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-167

  García Varela, Sonia ^a   Rada, Fermín ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Espeletia spicata; Espeletia timotensis; Low temperature resistance; Supercooling capacity; Tropical high mountains; Venezuelan Andes

Indexed keywords

COLD TOLERANCE; FREEZING; JUVENILE; PLANT;

ANDES; VENEZUELA;

ESPELETIA; ESPELETIA SPICATA; ESPELETIA TIMOTENSIS;

EID: 0042704769     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(03)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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