Drought until death do us part: A case study of the desiccation-tolerance of a tropical moist forest seedling-tree, Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 378, 2002, Pages 2239-2247

  Tyree, M T ^a   Vargas, G ^b   Engelbrecht, B M J ^c   Kursar, T A ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Drought resistance; Hydraulic conductance; Licania platypus; Water potential

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAIN; SEED;

DESICCATION;

FORESTRY;

LICANIA PLATYPUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036841139     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erf078     Document Type: Article

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