C4 plants are rarely found in low-light environments, such as inner-canopy areas in cool, wet forests, because the extra ATP cost of C4 biochemistry is a disadvantage in those conditions.

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  The Ecology of Photosynthetic Pathways | Learn Science at Scitable

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• C4 plants concept
• ATP concept