Light microhabitats, growth and photosynthesis of an epiphytic bromeliad in a tropical dry forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-118

  Cervantes, Sandra E ^a   Graham, Eric A ^a   Andrade, José Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Heat conduction rate; Photoinhibition; Tillandsia brachycaulos; Tropical dry forest; Vertical distribution; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; LIGHT; MICROHABITAT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUCATAN;

TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA BRACHYCAULOS;

EID: 21044450887     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-5802-3     Document Type: Article

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