Photosynthetic Capacity and Leaf Reorientation in Two Wintergreen Ferns, Polystichum acrostichoides and Dryopteris intermedia
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عنوان ژورنال: American Fern Journal
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0002-8444
DOI: 10.2307/1547836