Characterization of photosynthetic pathway of plant species growing in the eastern Tibetan plateau using stable carbon isotope composition

Photosynthetica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-108

  Li, M C ^a,b   Liu, H Y ^c   Yi, X F ^a   Li, L X ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

13C values; Adaptation to environment; Alpine meadow; Species differences; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744460906     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-005-0164-1     Document Type: Article

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