Leaf Gas Exchange in Canopy Species of a Venezuelan Cloud Forest

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 659-664

  Rada, Fermín ^a   García Núñez, Carlos ^a   Ataroff, Michele ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Clusia; Guettarda; Leaf carbon assimilation; Lycianthes; Miconia; Sapium; Stomatal conductance; Tropical montane

Indexed keywords

CANOPY EXCHANGE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUD FOREST; DICOTYLEDON; GAS EXCHANGE; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER STRESS;

CLUSIA MULTIFLORA; GUETTARDA; LYCIANTHES; MICONIA; MICONIA RESIMOIDES; SAPIUM;

EID: 70449502971     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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