Evolutionary and ecological aspects of photosynthetic pathway variation

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 411-439

  Ehleringer, James R ^a   Monson, Russell K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

C3 photosynthesis; C4 photosynthesis; Crassulacean acid metabolism

Indexed keywords

C3; C4; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY;

EID: 0027333476     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.es.24.110193.002211     Document Type: Article

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