Photo-oxidative stress markers reveal absence of physiological deterioration with ageing in Borderea pyrenaica, an extraordinarily long-lived herb

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 555-565

  Morales, Melanie ^a   Oñate, Marta ^a   García, María B ^b   Munné Bosch, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anti oxidants; Dioecy; Ecophysiology; Geophyte; Maturity; Negative senescence; Oxidative stress; Perennial herb; Photoprotection

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMARKER; DESICCATION; DIOECY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GEOPHYTE; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOPROTECTION; PIGMENT; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; DIOSCOREA PYRENAICA;

EID: 84876681786     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12080     Document Type: Article

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