Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Biochemistry, Ecophysiology and Evoluti
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 r
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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
Biochemistry, Ecophysiology and Evolution
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Dr. Klaus Winter Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute P.O. Box 2072, Balboa Republic of Panama Dr. J. Andrew C. Smith Department of Plant Sciences University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OXl 3RB, and Magdalen College Oxford OXl 4AU UK
Front cover: The cover motif shows CAM plants in southern Madagascar, with a simplified scheme of the CAM cycle superimposed. The "spiny forest" of Madagascar represents a high-biomass community of CAM plants, comprised principally of succulent members of the Didiereaceae up to 10m tall (Alluaudia ascendens, A. dumosa, A. procera) and Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbia leucodendron, E. oncoclada, E. plagiantha, E. stenoclada) with species of Crassulaceae (Kalanchoe spp.), Asphodelaceae (Aloe spp.) and Cucurbitaceae (Xerosicyos danguyi) in the undergrowth.
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-79062-1
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DOl: 10.l0071 978-3-642-79060-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Crassulacean acid metabolism: biochemistry, ecophysiology, and evolution/Klaus Winter, J. Andrew C. Smith (eds.). p. cm. - (Ecological studies: vol. 114) Papers from an International Workshop on Crassulacean Acid Metabolism, held at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Republic of Panama, Mar. 21-26, 1993. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-3-642-79062-1. Crassulacean acid metabolism-Congresses. I. Winter, Klaus, 1949- . II. Smith, J.A.c. (J. Andrew C.). III International Workshop on Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (1993: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Republic of Panama) IV. Series: Ecological studies: V. 114. OK881.C73 1996 581.5-dc20 95-7373 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law.
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