Lichen carbon gain under tropical conditions: Water relations and CO 2 exchange of Lobariaceae species of a lower montane rainforest in Panama

Lichenologist

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 329-342

  Lange, Otto L ^a   Büdel, Burkhard ^b   Meyer, Angelika ^a   Zellner, Hans ^a   Zotz, Gerhard ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Carbon gain; Lobariaceae; Panama; Photosynthesis; Rainforest; Respiration; Water content

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; LOBARIA; LOBARIA CRENULATA; LOBARIA DISSECTA; LOBARIACEAE; PSEUDOCYPHELLARIA; PSEUDOCYPHELLARIA AURATA; PSEUDOCYPHELLARIA INTRICATA; STICTA SUBLIMBATA; STICTA WEIGELII;

EID: 5044232159     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282904014392     Document Type: Article

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