Patterns of morphological leaf traits among pteridophytes along humidity and temperature gradients in the Bolivian Andes

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 963-971

  Kessler, Michael ^a   Siorak, Yvonne ^a   Wunderlich, Meike ^a   Wegner, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Aridity; Climate; Elevation; Ferns; Leaf mass per area; Stomata

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ARIDITY; TRICHOME DENSITY; VENATION DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANATOMY; ARIDITY; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERN; FOSSIL; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PTERIDOPHYTE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRICHOME; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANATOMY; HUMIDITY; LEAVES; PLANTS;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

FILICOPHYTA; HYMENOPHYLLUM; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 35848958175     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP07087     Document Type: Article

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