The physiological light response of two tree species across a hydrologic gradient in Brazilian savanna (Cerrado)

Photosynthetica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-35

  Dalmagro, H J ^a   Lobo, F de A ^a   Vourlitis, G L ^b   Dalmolin, A C ^a   Antunes Jr , M Z ^a   Ortiz C E R ^a   Nogueira, J de S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curatella americana; ecophysiology; leaf gas exchange; neotropical wetlands; Pantanal; Vochysia divergens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894727239     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-014-0001-5     Document Type: Article

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