Ecophysiology of the C3-CAM intermediate Clusia minor L. in Trinidad: Seasonal and short-term photosynthetic characteristics of sun and shade leaves

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 49, Issue 326, 1998, Pages 1563-1573

  Roberts, Andrew ^a   Borland, Anne M ^a   Maxwell, Kate ^a   Griffiths, Howard ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Citrate; Clusia minor; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Instantaneous carbon isotope discrimination

Indexed keywords

CLUSIA MINOR; CRASSULACEAE;

EID: 0031826474     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/49.326.1563     Document Type: Article

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