Phenology and productivity of C3 and C4 Grasslands in Hawaii

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Pau, Stephanie ^a   Still, Christopher J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GRASSLAND; GREENNESS; GROWING SEASON LENGTH; GROWING SEASON PRODUCTIVITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASON;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HAWAII; POACEAE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SEASONS;

EID: 84907788556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107396     Document Type: Article

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