Ecological and evolutionary consequences of desiccation tolerance in tropical fern gametophytes

New Phytologist

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 708-717

  Watkins Jr , James E ^a,b   Mack, Michelle C ^a   Sinclair, Thomas R ^a   Mulkey, Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Desiccation tolerance; Epiphyte; Fern; Gametophyte; Stress tolerance; Water relations

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL; DESICCATION; EVOLUTION; FERN; GAMETOPHYTE; HABITAT SELECTION; TOLERANCE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VASCULAR PLANT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FERN; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FERNS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 35448980372     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02194.x     Document Type: Article

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