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Mediterranean strategies for coping with water shortage
In a survey of contrasting species ranging from deep-rooted perennials, and winter or spring germinating annuals, Chaves et al. (pp. 907-916) suggest that methods of obtaining water rather than their reaction to water shortage are of primary importance. Adaptive fine-tuning of metabolism is seen as being superimposed on foraging mechanisms.
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