Carbon isotope discrimination and water relations of oak hybrid populations in southwestern Utah

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-129

  Williams, David G ^a   Ehleringer, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; D; Carbon isotope discrimination; Leaf nitrogen; Leaf structure; Oak hybrids; Quercus gambelii; Quercus turbinella; Water potential

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; GENETIC TRAIT; HYBRID; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; QUERCUS GAMBELII; QUERCUS TURBINELLA; STOMA CONDUCTANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER POTENTIAL; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 0034176436     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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