Energy balance and temperature relations of Azorella compacta, a high-elevation cushion plant of the central Andes

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-358

  Kleier, C ^a   Rundel, P ^b  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Parinacota; Parque Nacional Lauca; Puna; Tropical alpine

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER;

DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ELEVATION; ENERGY BALANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AIR; APIALES; ARTICLE; CHILE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; SEASON; SOIL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AIR; APIACEAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STOMATA; SEASONS; SOIL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ANDES; ARAUCANIA; CHILE; LAUCA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AMERICA;

AZORELLA COMPACTA;

EID: 64349091041     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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