Responses of some North American CAM plants to freezing temperatures and doubled CO2 concentrations: Implications of global climate change for extending cultivation

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-196

  Nobel, Park S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agave salmiana; CO2 uptake; Crassulacean acid metabolism; global climate change; low temperature; Opuntia ficus indica; Opuntia humifusa; Stenocereus queretaroensis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATIC CHARGE; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; FREEZING TOLERANCE;

AGARACEAE; AGAVE SALMIANA; CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA; STENOCEREUS QUERETAROENSIS;

EID: 0030251209     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0100     Document Type: Article

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