Difference in secondary compounds and chlorophylls between fibrils and main stems in the lichen Usnea longissima suggests different functional roles

Lichenologist

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 491-494

  Nybakken, Line ^a   Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

USNEA; USNEA LONGISSIMA;

EID: 36048938489     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282907007190     Document Type: Article

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