Variability of CAM in leaf-deciduous succulents from the Succulent Karoo (South Africa)

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 283-288

  Veste, Maik ^a   Herppich, Werner Bernhard ^b   Von Willert, Dieter Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptational strategies; CAM flexibility; Night time organic acid accumulation; Photosynthesis; Succulent Karoo

Indexed keywords

CERARIA FRUTICULOSA; CRASSULACEAE; MONILARIA MONILIFORMIS; MONILIFORMIS; PORTULACACEAE; TYLECODON; TYLECODON PANICULATUS;

EID: 0034914362     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00056     Document Type: Article

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