Vulnerability of Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii Wats.) individuals to xylem cavitation

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 204-210

  Leffler, A Joshua ^a,b   England, Laura E ^c,d   Naito, Jon ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^f NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Drought stress; Embolism; Plant water potential; Populus fremontii

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034177217     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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