Differences in drought adaptation between subspecies of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2373-2384

  Kolb, Kimberley J ^a,b   Sperry, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Cavitation; Drought adaptation; Hydraulic limitations; Sagebrush; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; SHRUB; SUBSPECIES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0032824117     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176917     Document Type: Article

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