Climate and the U.S. distribution of C4 grass subfamilies and decarboxylation variants of C4 photosynthesis

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1211-1215

  Taub, Daniel R ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

C4 photosynthesis; Climate; Grasses; NAD ME photosynthesis; NADP ME photosynthesis; PCK photosynthesis; Poaceae; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; GRASS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 0033840344     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656659     Document Type: Article

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