Physiological advantages of C4 grasses in the field: A comparative experiment demonstrating the importance of drought

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1992-2003

  Taylor, Samuel H ^a   Ripley, Brad S ^b   Martin, Tarryn ^b   De Wet, Leigh Ann ^b   Woodward, F Ian ^a   Osborne, Colin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drought; Gas exchange; PACMAD; Poaceae; Stomatal conductance; Water potential

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRASS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

POACEAE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; POACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; POACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER;

EID: 84900001510     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12498     Document Type: Article

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