Desiccation and rehydration experiments on leaves of 43 pteridophyte species

American Fern Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 175-185

  Kessler, Michael ^a   Siorak, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Drought adaptation strategies; Homoiohydry; Mesomorphism; Poikilohydry; Rehydration; Xeromorphism

Indexed keywords

PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 39449126171     PISSN: 00028444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1640/0002-8444(2007)97[175:DAREOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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