Photosynthetic light responses of a widespread moss, Sanionia uncinata, from contrasting water regimes in the high Arctic tundra, Svalbard, Norway

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-349

  Ueno, Takeshi ^a   Bekku, Yukiko ^b   Uchida, Masaki ^a   Kanda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TSURU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; Intraspecific variation; Photosynthetic light response; Sanionia; Water regime

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; SANIONIA; SANIONIA UNCINATA;

EID: 34447313707     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328206X152270     Document Type: Article

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