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C3 and C4 plant taxa    (publications in chronological order)

10.  Björkman, O., and J. Ehleringer. 1975. Comparison of quantum yields for CO2 uptake in C3 and C4 plants. Carnegie Institution of Washington Yearbook 74:760-761. PDF

12.  
Ehleringer, J., and O. Björkman. 1976. Carbon dioxide and temperature dependence of the quantum yield for CO2 uptake in C3 and C4 plants. Carnegie Institution of Washington Yearbook 75:418-421. PDF

20. Ehleringer, J. 1978. Implications of quantum yield differences on the distributions of C3 and C4 grasses. Oecologia 31:255-267. PDF

27.  
Ehleringer, J. 1979. Photosynthesis and photorespiration: biochemistry, physiology, and ecological implications. Hortscience 14:217-222. PDF

55. Ehleringer, J., and R. W. Pearcy. 1983. Variation in quantum yields for CO2 uptake in C3 and C4 plants. Plant Physiology 73:555-559. PDF

57.  Pearcy, R. W., and J. Ehleringer. 1984. Comparative ecophysiology of C3 and C4 plants. Plant Cell Environment 7:1-13. PDF

108. 
 Farquhar, G. D., J. R. Ehleringer, and K. T. Hubick. 1989. Carbon isotope discrimination and photosynthesis. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology 40:503-537. PDF

129.  Ehleringer, J.R., R.F. Sage, L.B. Flanagan, and R.W. Pearcy. 1991. Climate change and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 6:95-99. PDF

141. 
 Flanagan, L.B., J.F. Bain, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1991. Stable oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition of leaf water in C3 and C4 plant species under field conditions. Oecologia 88:394-400. PDF

169.  Ehleringer, J.R., and R.K. Monson. 1993. Evolutionary and ecological aspects of photosynthetic pathway variation. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 24:411-439. PDF

199.  Buchmann, N., J.R. Brooks, K.D. Rapp, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1996. Carbon isotope composition of C4 grasses is influenced by light and water supply. Plant Cell Environment 9:392-402. PDF

217.  Lin, G., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1997. Carbon isotopic fractionation does not occur during dark respiration in C3 and C4 plants. Plant Physiology 114:391-394. PDF

222.  Ehleringer, J.R., T.E. Cerling, and B.R. Helliker. 1997. C4 photosynthesis, atmospheric CO2, and climate. Oecologia 112:285-299. PDF

228.  Buchmann, N., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1998. CO2 concentration profiles and carbon and oxygen isotopes in C3 and C4 crop canopies. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 89:45-58. PDF

229. 
Cerling, T.E., J.R. Ehleringer, and J.M. Harris. 1998. Carbon dioxide starvation, the development of C4 ecosystems, and mammalian evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 353:159-171. PDF

253.
 Helliker, B.R., and J.R. Ehleringer. 2000. Establishing a grassland signature in veins: 18O in the leaf water of C3 and C4 grasses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97:7894-7898. PDF

271. Ehleringer, J.R. and T.E. Cerling. 2001. Origins and expansion of C4 photosynthesis, p. 186-190. In H.A. Mooney and J. Canadell (eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Volume II, John Wiley and Sons, London. PDF

279. 
Helliker, B.R., and J.R. Ehleringer. 2002. Differential 18O enrichment of leaf cellulose in C4 versus C3 grasses. Functional Plant Biology 29:435-442. PDF


314. Cerling, T.E., B.H. Passey, L.K. Ayliffe, C.S. Cook, J.R. Ehleringer, J.M. Harris, M.B. Dhidha., and S.M. Kasiki. 2004. An orphan's tale: seasonal dietary changes in elephants from Tsavo National Park, Kenya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology 206:367-376. PDF

328. 
Ehleringer, J.R. 2005. On the influence of atmospheric CO2, temperature, and water on the abundances of C3/C4 taxa. In J.R. Ehleringer, T.E. Cerling, and M.D. Dearing (eds.), A history of atmospheric CO2 and its effect on plants, animals, and ecosystems. Springer Verlag, New York. PDF

499. 
Sage, R.F., R.K. Monson, J.R. Ehleringer, S. Adachi, and R.W. Pearcy. 2018. Some like it hot: the physiological ecology of C4 plant evolution. Oecologia 187:941-966. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-419. PDF




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