Drought experience and cavitation resistance in six shrubs from the Great Basin, Utah

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-41

  Hacke, Uwe G ^a   Sperry, John S ^a   Pittermann, Jarmila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert shrubs; Drought tolerance; Vessel diameter; Water transport; Wood density; Xylem

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; ATRIPLEX CONFERTIFOLIA; CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA; GRAYIA SPINOSA; TETRADYMIA GLABRATA;

EID: 0002214821     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00006     Document Type: Article

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