Photosynthetic responses of tropical trees to short-term exposure to ozone

Photosynthetica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 291-293

  Moraes, R M ^a   Furlan, C M ^b   Bulbovas, P ^b   Domingos, M ^a   Meirelles, S T ^b   Salatino, A ^b   Delitti, W B C ^b   Sanz, M J ^c  

^a Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais do Estado de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Fund Ctro Estud Ambient M   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caesalpinia echinata; chlorophyll fluorescence induction; net photosynthetic rate; photosystem 2; Psidium guajava; stomatal conductance; Tibouchina pulchra; transpiration rate

Indexed keywords

CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA ECHINATA; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; TIBOUCHINA;

EID: 4544374457     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHOT.0000040602.20847.c6     Document Type: Article

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