Carbon isotope discrimination differences within and between contrasting populations of Encelia farinosa raised under common-environment conditions

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 463-470

  Sandquist, Darren R ^a   Ehleringer, James R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Drought response; Encelia farinosa; Environmental heterogeneity; Genetic variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ENCELIA; ENCELIA FARINOSA;

EID: 0037336741     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1129-8     Document Type: Article

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