Water relations only partly explain the distributions of three perennial plant species in a semi-arid environment

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-262

  Domingo, F ^a   Brenner, A J ^b   Gutierrez L ^a   Clark, S C ^c   Incoll, L D ^c   Aguilera, C ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b Pacific Meridian Resources   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthyllis cytisoides; Relative water content; Retama sphaerocarpa; Stipa tenacissima; Stomatal conductance; Water potential

Indexed keywords

ANTHYLLIS; ANTHYLLIS CYTISOIDES; CATENA; RETAMA; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; STIPA; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 0037288646     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022810913043     Document Type: Article

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