In situ photosynthetic freezing tolerance for plants exposed to a global warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

New Phytologist

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 331-341

  Loik, Michael E ^a   Still, Christopher J ^b   Huxman, Travis E ^c   Harte, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata (sagebrush); Chlorophyll a fluorescence; CO2 assimilation; Erythronium grandiflorum; Freezing; Glacier lily; Stomatal conductance; Water potential

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZING; GLOBAL WARMING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOLERANCE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ERYTHRONIUM; ERYTHRONIUM GRANDIFLORUM; LILIUM; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 1942507945     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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