Effects of micro-environmental factors on photosynthetic CO2 uptake and carbon fixation metabolism in a spring ephemeral, Erythronium japonicum, growing in native and open habitats

Ecological Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-130

  Sawada, Shinichi ^a   Harada, Akira ^a   Asari, Yoshiko ^a   Asano, Sachie ^a   Kuninaka, Makoto ^a   Kawamura, Hitomi ^a   Kasai, Minobu ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erythronium japonicum; Gas exchange characteristics; Microenvironmental factors; Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase; Water potential

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROHABITAT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033152404     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1999.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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