Evolution and plasticity of photosynthetic thermal tolerance, specific leaf area and leaf size: Congeneric species from desert and coastal environments

New Phytologist

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 337-347

  Knight, Charles A ^a,b   Ackerly, David D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent adaptation; Fluorescence (Fv Fm); Heat shock protein; Phylogenetic independent contrasts; Plasticity; Specific leaf area (SLA); Stress; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; LEAF AREA; PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

UNITED STATES;

ATRIPLEX; ENCELIA; ERIOGONUM; SALVIA;

EID: 0142216278     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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