Morphological and physiological responses of Galapagos endemic tree Croton scouleri to site conditions varying through its altitudinal range

Dendrobiology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-48

  Castillo, Jesús Manuel ^a   Rubio Casal, Alfredo Emilio ^a   Figueroa, Enrique ^a   Tye, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Croton scouleri; Leaf area index; Photosynthetic stress; Water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872150522     PISSN: 16411307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12657/denbio.069.005     Document Type: Article

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