The hydraulic architecture of petioles and leaves in tropical fern species under different levels of canopy openness

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 209-216

  Klepsch, M ^a   Lange, A ^a   Angeles, G ^b   Mehltreter, K ^b   Jansen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bordered pits; Ferns; Leaf morphology; Light exposure; Tracheids; Water potential; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERN; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; SHADE TOLERANCE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; XYLEM;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIS QUADRIAURITA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 84957827728     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684176     Document Type: Article

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