Water use trade-offs and optimal adaptations to pulse-driven arid ecosystems

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 464-480

  Schwinning, Susanne ^a   Ehleringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert; Genetic algorithm; Plant functional types; Whole plant carbon gain

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ADAPTATION; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT MODEL; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT TISSUE; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; STRESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER USE;

ADAPTATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TRADE-OFF; WATER USE;

EID: 0034966721     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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