Crassulacean Acid Metabolism : Biochemistry, Ecophysiology and Evolution /
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) represents one of the best-studied metabolic examples of an ecological adaptation to environmental stress. Well over 5 % of all vascular plant species engage in this water-conserving photosynthetic pathway. Intensified research activities over the last 10 years hav...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
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1996.
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| Series: | Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis ;
114. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) represents one of the best-studied metabolic examples of an ecological adaptation to environmental stress. Well over 5 % of all vascular plant species engage in this water-conserving photosynthetic pathway. Intensified research activities over the last 10 years have led to major advances in understanding the biology of CAM plants. New areas of research reviewed in detail in this book include regulation of gene expression and the molecular basis of CAM, the ecophysiology of CAM plants from tropical environments, the productivity of agronomically important cacti and agaves, the ecophysiology of CAM in submerged aquatic plants, and the taxonomic diversity and evolutionary origins of CAM. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 449 pages 123 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9783642790607 (electronic bk.) 3642790607 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0070-8356 ; |