Initial net CO2 uptake responses and root growth for a CAM community placed in a closed environment

Annals of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 593-598

  Nobel, Park S ^a,b   Bobich, Edward G ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agave schottii; Carnegiea gigantea; CO2 uptake; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Cylindropuntia versicolor; Ferocactus wislizenii; Opuntia engelmannii; Plant community; Respiration; Roots

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; DESERT; GROWTH; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESPIRATION; ROOT SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA;

AGAVE; AGAVE SCHOTTII; CARNEGIA GIGANTEA; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA; CRASSULACEAE; FEROCACTUS WISLIZENII; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA ENGELMANNII;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGAVE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CACTACEAE; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; TIME;

AGAVE; BIOMASS; CACTACEAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036842138     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf229     Document Type: Article

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