Effects of thallus size on morphology and physiology of foliose lichens: New findings with a new approach

Symbiosis

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 149-164

  Máguas, Cristina ^a   Valladares, Fernando ^b   Brugnoli, Enrico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon concentrating mechanism (CCM); Carbon isotope discrimination; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Functional structure; Gas diffusion; Intrathalline variability; Lichen water use efficiency (LWUE); Lichens; Lobaria scrobiculata; Photosynthesis; Stereology; Thallus size

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842408423     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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