Temperature distribution in light-coloured flowers and inflorescences of early spring temperate species measured by Infrared camera

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 282-289

  Rejšková, Alžběta ^b   Brom, Jakub ^a,b   Pokorný, Jan ^a,b   Korečko, Jozef ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b ENKI ops   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Flower; Inflorescence; Infrared camera; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER; LIMITING FACTOR; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; ANEMONE; ANEMONE NEMOROSA; ASTERACEAE; BELLIS PERENNIS; GALANTHUS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 77949774436     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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