Physiological and morphological evidence of niche segregation between two co-occurring species of Adenostoma in California Chaparral

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 290-296

  Redtfeldt, Raquel A ^a   Davis, Stephen D ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Hydraulic conductance; Niche segregation; Water relations; Xylem embolism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSTOMA; ADENOSTOMA FASCICULATUM; ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM;

EID: 0000534864     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682345     Document Type: Article

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