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Annual plants: adaptations to desert environments

In addition to the commonly described characteristics of ephemeral phenology and germination-regulation mechanisms, desert annual plants use a variety of patterns of morphological adaptation, physiological adaptation of metabolic systems, and phenotypic plasticity to maintain their ecological succes...

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Published in:Bioscience 1977-02, Vol.27 (2), p.109-114
Main Authors: Mulroy, Thomas W., Rundel, Philip W.
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Desert plants
Deserts
Germination
Leaves
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Physiological aspects
Plant anatomy
Plant ecology
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Seasons
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