Leaf gas exchange and water relations in Polylepis tarapacana at extreme altitudes in the Bolivian Andes

Photosynthetica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-138

  Garcia Nunez C ^a   Rada, F ^a   Boero, C ^b   Gonzalez J ^b   Gallardo, M ^b   Azocar A ^a   Liberman Cruz, M ^c   Hilal, M ^b   Prado, F ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

high Andes; leaf water potential; net photosynthetic rate; stomatal conductance; transpiration rate; tree growth limit; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

POLYLEPIS; POLYLEPIS TARAPACANA;

EID: 4544339620     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHOT.0000040581.94641.ed     Document Type: Article

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