Light and desiccation responses of some Hymenophyllaceae (filmy ferns) from Trinidad, Venezuela and New Zealand: Poikilohydry in a light-limited

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1019-1026

  Proctor, Michael C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; desiccation tolerance; Hymenophyllum; light saturation; poikilohydry; temperate rainforest; Trichomanes; tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DESICCATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FERN; FLUORESCENCE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MONTANE FOREST; NET RADIATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST; WIND VELOCITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM; FERN; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NEW ZEALAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM; FERNS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; NEW ZEALAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA; WATER;

NEW ZEALAND; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; HYMENOPHYLLACEAE; HYMENOPHYLLUM; HYMENOPHYLLUM SANGUINOLENTUM; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRICHOMANES;

EID: 84859183137     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs012     Document Type: Article

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