Submerged in darkness: Adaptations to prolonged submergence by woody species of the Amazonian floodplains

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-376

  Parolin, Pia ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amazonian floodplains; Darkness; Environmental stress; Flooding; Hypoxia; Submergence tolerance; Trees; Underwater photosynthesis; Woody species

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DARK; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYPOXIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUBMERGENCE; WOODY PLANT;

ADAPTATION; DARKNESS; FLOODING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; TREE; WOOD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DARKNESS; FLOODS; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES; WOOD;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58549115467     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn216     Document Type: Review

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