Differential susceptibility to xylem cavitation among three pairs of Ceanothus species in the Transverse Mountain Ranges of southern California

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 180-186

  Davis, Stephen D ^a   Ewers, Frank W ^b   Wood, Julie ^a,c   Reeves, Jamie J ^d   Kolb, Kimberley J ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceanothus; Chaparral; Water relations; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; CHAPARRAL; ECOMORPHOLOGY; WATER RELATIONS; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

CALIFORNIA; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS CRASSIFOLIUS; CEANOTHUS CUNEATUS; CEANOTHUS LEUCODERMIS; CEANOTHUS MEGACARPUS; CEANOTHUS OLIGANTHUS; CEANOTHUS SPINOSUS; CERASTES; DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 0033367555     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682519     Document Type: Article

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