Comparative gas exchange performance during the wet season of three Brazilian Styrax species under habitat conditions of cerrado vegetation types differing in soil water availability and crown density

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Habermann, Gustavo ^a   Ellsworth, Patricia F V ^b   Cazoto, Juliana L ^c   Simão, Edson ^a   Bieras, Angela C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado woody species; Gas exchange; Net photosynthesis; Styracaceae; Water relations

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; HABITAT TYPE; LIGHT EFFECT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RIPARIAN FOREST; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SOIL WATER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER CONTENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOODLAND;

BRAZIL;

STYRACACEAE; STYRAX; STYRAX CAMPORUM; STYRAX FERRUGINEUS; STYRAX POHLII;

EID: 79952814061     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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