Carbon isotopea ratio and the extent of daily CAM use by Bromeliaceae

New Phytologist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-83

  Pierce, Simon ^a   Winter, Klaus ^b   Griffiths, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

13C; Bromeliad; Carbon pathway; Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM); Epiphyte; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; EPIPHYTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BROMELIACEAE; CRASSULACEAE;

EID: 0036789635     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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