Ecophysiology of the soft tree fern, Dicksonia antarctica labill

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 360-368

  Hunt, M A ^a,b,c   Davidson, N J ^a,b   Unwin, G L ^a,b   Close, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr Sustainable Prod F ^*  (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Photosynthesis; Stomatal conductance; Vapour pressure deficit; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERN; GAS EXCHANGE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DICKSONIA; DICKSONIA ANTARCTICA; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 10644266816     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01190.x     Document Type: Article

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