Physiological and anatomical changes during the early ontogeny of the heteroblastic bromeliad, Vriesea sanguinolenta, do not concur with the morphological change from atmospheric to tank form

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1341-1350

  Zotz, G ^a,b   Enslin, A ^c   Hartung, W ^c   Ziegler, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Heteroblasty; Intraspecific variability; Leaf nitrogen; Ontogenetic drift; Photosynthesis; Phyllotaxis; Specific leaf area; Vascular epiphytes; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER RELATIONS;

VRIESEA;

EID: 9644282939     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2004.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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