Water and nutrient status of the mistletoe Plicosepalus acaciae parasitic on isolated Negev Desert populations of Acacia raddiana differing in level of mortality

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 487-508

  Bowie, Minnelise ^a,c   Ward, David ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c W Cape Dept of Nature Conservation   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia; Host:parasite interaction; Mistletoes; Nitrogen uptake; Passive nutrient uptake; Water status

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARASITIC PLANT; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ACACIA; ACACIA RADDIANA; LORANTHACEAE; PLICOSEPALUS ACACIAE; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0347662402     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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