Some like it wet - Biological characteristics underpinning tolerance of extreme water stress events in Antarctic bryophytes

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 443-455

  Wasley, Jane ^a,d   Robinson, Sharon A ^a   Lovelock, Catherine E ^b   Popp, Marianne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Department of Environment and Heritage   (Australia)

Author keywords

13C; Antarctica; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Climate change; Desiccation; Fatty acids; Soluble carbohydrates; Submergence

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER;

Δ13C; ANTARCTICA; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; DESICCATION; SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES; SUBMERGENCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESICCATION; EXTREME EVENT; GAMETOPHYTE; SUBMERGENCE; WATER STRESS;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; PLANTS;

ANTARCTICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; BRYUM PSEUDOTRIQUETRUM; CERATODON; CERATODON PURPUREUS; GRIMMIA ANTARCTICI;

EID: 33646448902     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP05306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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