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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism: Biochemistry, Ecophysiology and Evolution Softcover Repri Edition
Contributor(s): Winter, Klaus (Editor), Smith, J. Andrew C. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 3642790623     ISBN-13: 9783642790621
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE: $104.49  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences - Botany
- Science | Life Sciences - Ecology
- Nature | Plants - Trees
Dewey: 581.5
Series: Ecological Studies
Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.49 lbs) 449 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
 
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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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