Freezing-induced xylem cavitation and the northern limit of Larrea tridentata

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-27

  Pockman, William T ^a   Sperry, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Deserts; Freezing tolerance; Larrea tridentata; Prosopis velutina

Indexed keywords

LARREA TRIDENTATA; PROSOPIS VELUTINA; TRIDENTATA; VELUTINA;

EID: 0031014340     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050053     Document Type: Article

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