Drought damage and recovery - A conceptual model [2]

New Phytologist

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-14

  Vesk, Peter A ^a,b   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance response; Leaves; LMA; Plant ecological strategies; Sapwood density; Stems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141572358     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00887.x     Document Type: Letter

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