Fern laminar scales protect against photoinhibition from excess light

American Fern Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 83-92

  Watkins Jr , J E ^a,g   Kawahara, Akito Y ^b   Leicht, Stagy A ^c   Auld, Josh R ^d   Bicksler, Abram J ^e   Kaiser, Kristine ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f Department of Biology   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAPHOGLOSSUM PALEACEUM; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 33845927408     PISSN: 00028444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1640/0002-8444(2006)96[83:FLSPAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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