European plants with C4 photosynthesis: Geographical and taxonomic distribution and relations to climate parameters

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-304

  Pyankov, Vladimir I ^a   Ziegler, Hubert ^b   Akhani, Hossein ^c   Deigele, Claudia ^b   Lüttge, Ulrich ^d  

^a URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amaranthaceae; Aridity; Carbon isotope ratios; Chenopodiaceae; Cyperaceae; Phytogeography; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARIDITY; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DICOTYLEDON; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITERATURE REVIEW; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATIVE SPECIES; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; CYPERACEAE; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MOLLUGINACEAE; NYCTAGINACEAE; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; PORTULACACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 77954700397     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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