Photosynthetic strategies of summergreen and evergreen understory herbs of the boreal mixedwood forest

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-178

  Landhäusser, Simon M ^a   Stadt, Kenneth J ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evergreen; Light and temperature response; Physiology; Summergreen; Understory herbs

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842332092     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050297     Document Type: Article

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