Physiological response of rare and endangered seven-son-flower (Heptacodium miconioides) to light stress under habitat fragmentation

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 32-40

  Liu, Peng ^a,b   Yang, Y S ^b   Xu, Gendi ^a   Hao, Chaoyun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Ecological and physiological adaptation; Fragmental habitat; Intensity light; Photosynthesis rate; Seven son flower (Heptacodium miconioides)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FLOWER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION SIZE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; ZHEJIANG;

HEPTACODIUM; HEPTACODIUM MICONIOIDES;

EID: 33646419023     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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