C3 woody plant expansion in a C4 grassland: Are grasses and shrubs functionally distinct?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 1-12, 2001, Pages 1818-1823

  Mccarron, James K ^a   Knapp, Alan K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C3 and C4 photosynthesis; Shrub; Tallgrass prairie; Two layer soil water model; Water use efficiency; Woody expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042823131     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558358     Document Type: Article

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