Stomatal traits of cerrado and gallery forest congeneric pairs growing in a transitional region in Central Brazil;Características estomáticas de pares congenéricos de cerrado e mata de galeria crescendo numa região transicional no Brasil Central

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 499-508

  Rossatto, Davi Rodrigo ^a   Hoffmann, William Arthur ^b   Franco, Augusto César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Stomata; Stomatal conductance; Stomatal pore; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349262165     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-33062009000200021     Document Type: Article

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