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Diurnal and seasonal variation in the carbon isotope composition of leaf dark-respired CO2 in velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina)
Article first published online: 10 JUN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02006.x
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SUN, W., RESCO, V. and WILLIAMS, D. G. (2009), Diurnal and seasonal variation in the carbon isotope composition of leaf dark-respired CO2 in velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina). Plant, Cell & Environment, 32: 1390–1400. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02006.x
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Present address: Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo 45071, Spain.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 7 SEP 2009
- Article first published online: 10 JUN 2009
- Received 11 February 2009; received in revised form 3 April 2009; accepted for publication 9 May 2009
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