A relationship between fecundity, survival, and the operation of crassulacean acid metabolism in Talinum triangulare

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1908-1915

  Taisma, María Angélica ^a   Herrera, Ana ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Fitness; Inducible CAM; Life table

Indexed keywords

CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; DROUGHT; PLANT GROWTH;

FECUNDITY; HERB; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; WATER STRESS;

TALINUM TRIANGULARE;

EID: 0032454645     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b98-136     Document Type: Article

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