Physiological differences of five Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) ecotypes growing under common growth conditions were related to native local climate

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 196-210

  Varone, Laura ^a   Vitale, Marcello ^a   Catoni, Rosangela ^a   Gratani, Loretta ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

acclimation; carbon assimilation, maximum carboxylation rate; maximum electron transport rate; modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939628186     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1442-1984.12103     Document Type: Article

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