Desert shrub water relations with respect to soil characteristics and plant functional type

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 367-378

  Sperry, J S ^a   Hacke, U G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert shrub communities; Plant water relations; Plant soil interactions; Soil texture; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; SHRUB; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WATER RELATIONS;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; ATRIPLEX CONFERTIFOLIA; CHRYSOTHAMNUS; CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA; ERICAMERIA PARRYI PARRYI; GRAYIA SPINOSA; SARCOBATUS; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS; TETRADYMIA; TETRADYMIA GLABRATA;

EID: 0036084860     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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