Microclimate, light adaptation and desiccation tolerance of epiphytic bryophytes in two Venezuelan cloud forests

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 901-913

  León Vargas, Yelitza ^a   Engwald, Stefan ^b   Proctor, Michael C F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b Philipp Holzmann Schule   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andes; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Compensation period; Life forms; Mosses; PAR responses; Relative humidity; Saturation deficit; Venezuela; Water relations

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CANOPY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD FOREST; EPIPHYTE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 33646015682     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01468.x     Document Type: Article

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