Seasonal water availability predicts the relative abundance of C3 and C4 grasses in Australia

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-169

  Murphy, Brett P ^a   Bowman, David M J S ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

C3; C4; Carbon; Climate; Kangaroo; Macropus; Photosynthetic pathway; Poaceae; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLORA; GRASS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS; POACEAE;

EID: 33847239533     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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