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Gas exchange characteristics of representative species from the scrub vegetation of central Chile

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Plant Response to Stress

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In this chapter, I will review the history, scope, methods, and results of field-based plant ecophysiological research with matorral species from central Chile. An attempt will be made to relate photosynthesis and respiration responses of the native vegetation to seasonal and diurnal changes in site light, temperature and water availability characteristics. The results reported are used to evaluate our current knowledge of gas exchange ecophysiology of Chilean matorral species and to suggest where future research may be profitably directed.

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  1. Terrestrial Ecology Division, Center for Energy and Environment Research, University of Puerto Rico, G.P.O. Box 3682, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00936, USA

    W. T. Lawrence

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  1. Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA

    John D. Tenhunen  & Walter C. Oechel  & 

  2. Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 1294, Lisbon, Portugal

    Fernando M. Catarino

  3. Lehrstuhl für Botanik II, der Universität Würzburg, Mittlerer Dallenbergweg 64, 8700, Würzburg, Germany

    Otto L. Lange

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Lawrence, W.T. (1987). Gas exchange characteristics of representative species from the scrub vegetation of central Chile. In: Tenhunen, J.D., Catarino, F.M., Lange, O.L., Oechel, W.C. (eds) Plant Response to Stress. NATO ASI Series, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70868-8_17

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