Hydraulic lift among native plant species in the Mojave Desert

Plant and Soil

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-102

  Yoder, Carolyn K ^a,b   Nowak, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM and C3 plants; Hydraulic lift; Mojave Desert shrubs and grasses; Root soil contact; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033370322     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004729232466     Document Type: Article

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