Biochemical traits of lichens differing in relative desiccation tolerance

New Phytologist

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 167-176

  Kranner, Ilse ^a,d   Zorn, Margret ^a   Turk, Boris ^b   Wornik, Sabine ^a   Beckett, Richard P ^c   Batič, Franc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Lobaria pulmonaria; Peltigera polydactyla; Peroxidase; Photosynthesis; Pigment; Pseudevernia furfuracea; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; LICHEN; PIGMENT; TOLERANCE;

LOBARIA; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PELTIGERA; PELTIGERA POLYDACTYLA; PSEUDEVERNIA; PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 0141683700     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00852.x     Document Type: Article

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