Carbon isotope ratios of plants and occurrences of C4 species under different soil moisture regimes in arid region of Northwest China

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-81

  Wang, Guoan ^a,b,c   Han, Jiamao ^b   Zhou, Liping ^c   Xiong, Xiaogang ^d   Wu, Zhenhai ^e  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLOODS; ISOTOPES; SOILS;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIOS; LEAF DRY MATTER; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY (WUE);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARIDA;

EID: 24644448714     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2005.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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