Functional characteristics of corticolous lichens in the understory of a tropical lowland rain forest

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 679-695

  Lakatos, Michael ^a   Rascher, Uwe ^b,c   Büdel, Burkhard ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Gas exchange; Hydrophobicity; Morphology; Photosynthetic capacity; Photosynthetic induction; Sunfleck

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPHYLL; GAS EXCHANGE; LICHEN; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UNDERSTORY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; FRENCH GUIANA; LICHENS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FRENCH GUIANA; LICHENS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; FUNGI;

EID: 33750606995     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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