Carbon isotopic composition of legumes with photosynthetic stems from mediterranean and desert habitats

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1707-1713

  Nilsen, Erik T ^a   Sharifi, M Rasoul ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; CO2; Desert; Fabaceae; Mediterranean; Photosynthesis; Stem; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031471539     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446469     Document Type: Article

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