Comparative field study of Quercus ilex and Phillyrea latifolia: Photosynthetic response to experimental drought conditions

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-148

  Ogaya, Romà ^a   Peñuelas, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Climate change; Electron transport rate; Photochemical efficiency; Photoinhibition; Photosynthetic rates; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

CATALONIA; PRADES MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

ILEX; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 10744222526     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(03)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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