Land surface skin temperature captures thermal environments of C3 and C4 grasses

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 286-296

  Still, Christopher J ^a,b   Pau, Stephanie ^c,d   Edwards, Erika J ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BEP; C3; C4; Clade; Distribution; Land surface temperature; Niche; PACMAD; Photosynthetic pathway

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893863498     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12121     Document Type: Article

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