Gas exchange of juvenile and mature trees of Alnus jorullensis (Betulaceae) at sites with contrasting humidity in the Venezuelan Andes

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-58

  Piper, Frida I ^a,b   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alnus; High altitude; Ontogeny; Photosynthesis; Venezuelan Andes

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; EVERGREEN TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMIDITY; JUVENILE; MATURATION; ONTOGENY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ANDES; VENEZUELA;

ALNUS; ALNUS JORULLENSIS; BETULACEAE;

EID: 77951091778     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0631-4     Document Type: Article

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