Photosynthesis of Saussurea superba and Gentiana straminea is not reduced after long-term enhancement of UV-B radiation

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-83

  Shi, Sheng Bo ^a   Zhu, Wen Yan ^a   Li, Hui Mei ^a   Zhou, Dang Wei ^a   Han, Fa ^a   Zhao, Xin Quan ^a   Tang, Yan Hong ^b  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alpine plants; Leaf morphology; Ozone depletion; Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

GENTIANA; GENTIANA STRAMINEA; KOBRESIA; KOBRESIA HUMILIS; SAUSSUREA; SAUSSUREA SUPERBA;

EID: 1642484978     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(03)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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