Functional characteristics of the arborescent genus Polylepis along a latitudinal gradient in the high andes

Interciencia

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 663-668

  Azócar, Aura ^a,b,c   Rada, Fermín ^c,d   García Núñez, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Andean mountain range; Carbon relations; Gas exchange; Low temperature resistance; Photosynthesis; Water relations

Indexed keywords

POLYLEPIS; POLYLEPIS AUSTRALIS; POLYLEPIS SERICEA; POLYLEPIS TARAPACANA;

EID: 37449031064     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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