Heat damage in sclerophylls is influenced by their leaf properties and plant environment

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-101

  Groom, Philip K ^a   Lamont, Byron B ^a   Leighton, Sylvia ^a   Leighton, Pattie ^a   Burrows, Chantal ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heat tolerance; Leaf clustering; Leaf damage; Leaf thickness; Mediterranean type summer

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; HEATHLAND; LEAF; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TOLERANCE;

MYRTACEAE; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 1842628636     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682813     Document Type: Article

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