Water relations and CO2 exchange of the terrestrial lichen Teloschistes capensis in the Namib fog desert: Measurements during two seasons in the field and under controlled conditions

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 268-280

  Lange, Otto L ^a   Allan Green, T G ^b   Melzer, Beate ^a   Meyer, Angelika ^a   Zellner, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dew; Fog; Lichen; Namib Desert; Photosynthesis; Production

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LICHEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; WATER RELATIONS;

AFRICA; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

RAMALINA; TELOSCHISTES;

EID: 33646770990     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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