Variation in leaf pubescence of plants and its functional effects along elevational gradients;Variación de la pubescencia foliar en plantas y sus implicaciones funcionales a lo largo de gradientes altitudinales

Ecosistemas

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 146-154

  Molina Montenegro, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Functional trade off; Gas exchange; High radiation; Hydric economy; Morphologic variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956481932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16972473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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