Strength of winter leaf redness as an indicator of stress vulnerable individuals in Pistacia lentiscus

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 424-427

  Nikiforou, Constantinos ^a   Manetas, Yiannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Chlorophylls; PS II photochemical efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVERGREEN TREE; FLUORESCENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PIGMENT; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VULNERABILITY; WINTER;

PISTACIA LENTISCUS;

EID: 77955981012     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2009.12.034     Document Type: Article

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