C4 photosynthesis in the vegetation of Aldabra Atoll

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1979 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Oecologia, volume 44, pages 327-334 (issn: 0029-8549, eissn: 1432-1939,

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Authors: R J, Hnatiuk;

doi: 10.1007/bf00545236

pmid: 28310288

C4 photosynthesis in the vegetation of Aldabra Atoll

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The occurrence of the C4 photosynthetic system, based upon an examination of leaf anatomy, of nearly all species of the vegetation of Aldabra Atoll, western Indian Ocean, is reported. About 19% of the flora has the C4 system. It only occurs in herbaceous plants, which grow either in grasslands or as an understorey to tall shrubs. Both C3 and C4 species compete side by side in the mixed-species communities.

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