Photosynthetic organs of desert plants: Structural designs of nonsucculent desert plants cast doubt on the popular view that saving water is the key strategy

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 911-920

  Gibson, Arthur C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031787174     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313295     Document Type: Article

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