Anatomical features and ultrastructure of Deschampsia antarctica (Poaceae) leaves from different growing habitats

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1109-1119

  Giełwanowska, Irena ^a,b   Szczuka, Ewa ^c   Bednara, Józef ^c   Górecki, Ryszard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anatomical features; Antarctica; Deschampsia antarctica; Mesophyll cells; Phenotypic plasticity; Phenotypic response; Poaceae; Stress condition; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; LEAF; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE;

DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; POACEAE;

EID: 27644568550     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci262     Document Type: Article

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