Response of the tussock grass Stipa tenacissima to watering in a semi-arid environment

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-274

  Pugnaire, F I ^a   Haase, P ^a   Incoll, L D ^a   Clark, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Leaf extension; Mediterranean species; Photosynthesis; Water stress

Indexed keywords

STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 0000180302     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389852     Document Type: Article

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