Photosynthetic capacity and PSII efficiency of the evergreen alpine cushion plant Saxifrage paniculata during winter at different altitudes

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-205

  Hacker, J ^a   Neuner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVERGREEN TREE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA PANICULATA;

EID: 33646921856     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[198:PCAPEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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