The photosynthetic drought physiology of a diverse group of southern hemisphere conifer species is correlated with minimum seasonal rainfall

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 465-471

  Brodribb, T ^a   Hill, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon 13 discrimination; Drought response; Photosynthetic gas exchange; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONIFER; DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINFALL;

EID: 0031822189     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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