Some observations of the adaptations of sandy shrubs to the arid environment in the Mu US Sandland: Leaf water relations and anatomic features

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-48

  Dong, Xuejun ^a   Zhang, Xinshi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Drought adaptation; Ecophysiology; Leaf anatomy; Mu Us Sandland; Pressure volume curve; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; SHRUB; WATER RETENTION;

CHINA; MAOWUSU; NEI MONNGOL;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA SPHAEROCEPHALA; HEDYSARUM MONGOLICUM; SABINA; SABINA VULGARIS; SALIX; SALIX PSAMMOPHILA; TETRAENA MONGOLICA; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLUM; ZYGOPHYLLUM XANTHOXYLON;

EID: 0034940596     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2000.0700     Document Type: Article

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