Physiological responses of three deciduous conifers (Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Taxodium distichum and Larix laricina) to continuous light: Adaptive implications for the early Tertiary polar summer

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 353-364

  Equiza, M Alejandra ^a   Day, Michael E ^a   Jagels, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Carbon balance; Leaf area; Light inhibition; Paleoecology; Photosynthetic end products

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPERIOD; TERTIARY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX LARICINA; METASEQUOIA; METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 33645469088     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.3.353     Document Type: Article

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