Variation in photosynthetic response to temperature in a guild of winter annual plants

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2693-2704

  Gremer, Jennifer R ^a   Kimball, Sarah ^b   Angert, Amy L ^c   Venable, D Lawrence ^a   Huxman, Travis E ^a,b,d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Desert annuals; Light saturated electron transport; Photosynthesis; Quantum efficiency; Relative growth rate; Temperature response; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ANNUAL PLANT; CHLOROPHYLL; COEXISTENCE; DESERT; ELECTRON; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; GUILD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRADE-OFF; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CHLOROPHYLL; DESERT CLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871744864     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0006.1     Document Type: Article

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