Drought can be more critical in the shade than in the sun: A field study of carbon gain and photo-inhibition in a Californian shrub during a dry El Niño year

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 749-759

  Valladares, F ^a   Pearcy, R W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Drought; Heteromeles arbutifolia; Light utilization efficiency; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Photo inhibition; Photosynthesis; Stomatal conductance; Sunflecks; Water potential

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; EL NINO; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHADING; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER RELATIONS;

UNITED STATES;

HETEROMELES ARBUTIFOLIA;

EID: 0036097421     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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