Gas exchange and leaf specific mass of different foliar cohorts of the wintergreen shrub Aristotelia chilensis (Mol.) stuntz (Eleocarpaceae) fifteen days before the flowering and the fall of the old cohort

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-282

  Prado, Carlos Henrique B A ^a,b   Damascos, María A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aristotelia chilensis; Foliar cohorts; Photosynthesis; Specific leaf mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542527234     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132001000300009     Document Type: Article

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