Photosynthetic pathway and ontogeny affect water relations and the impact of CO2 on Bouteloua gracilis (C4) and Pascopyrum smithii (C3)

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-493

  Morgan, J A ^a   LeCain, D R ^a   Read, J J ^b   Hunt, H W ^c   Knight, W G ^d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d Front Range Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis); Carbon dioxide; Global change; Partitioning; Western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION; ONTOGENY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; WATER RELATIONS;

USA, COLORADO;

BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII;

EID: 0031838238     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050472     Document Type: Article

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