Morphological and physiological acclimation responses to contrasting light and water regimes in Primula sieboldii

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 331-340

  Noda, Hibiki ^a   Muraoka, Hiroyuki ^b   Washitani, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Light acclimation; Light and water availability; Photosynthesis; Primula sieboldii

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL WATER;

GENETTA; PRIMULA; PRIMULA SIEBOLDII; PRIMULACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 2942586671     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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