Photosynthetic limitations in response to water stress and recovery in Mediterranean plants with different growth forms

New Phytologist

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-93

  Galmés, Jeroni ^a   Medrano, Hipólito ^a   Flexas, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought; Mediterranean; Mesophyll conductance; Photosynthesis; Recovery; Rewatering; Stomatal conductance; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; WATER;

BIOTIC FACTOR; DROUGHT STRESS; LIMITING FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE; KINETICS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER;

EID: 34249807895     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02087.x     Document Type: Article

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