Root growth dependence on soil temperature for Opuntia ficus-indica: Influences of air temperature and a doubled CO2 concentration

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 959-964

  Drennan, P M ^a   Nobel, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM succulent; Climate change; Morphological plasticity; Root anatomy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032457168     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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