Photosynthetic temperature responses of co-occurring desert winter annuals with contrasting resource-use efficiencies and different temporal patterns of resource utilization may allow for species coexistence

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-103

  Barron Gafford, G A ^a,b   Angert, A L ^b   Venable, D L ^b   Tyler, A P ^b   Gerst, K L ^b   Huxman, T E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Photosynthetic temperature response; Resource partitioning; Respiration; Species coexistence; Variable environments

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ANNUAL PLANT; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; CHLOROPHYLL; COEXISTENCE; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE USE; RESPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WINTER;

PECTOCARYA; PECTOCARYA RECURVATA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO OVATA;

EID: 84873031354     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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