Carbon isotope discrimination and foliar nutrient status of Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) in contrasting Mojave Desert soils

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-215

  Hamerlynck, Erik P ^a   Huxman, Travis E ^b   McAuliffe, Joseph R ^c   Smith, Stanley D ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bajada; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Plant water relations; Soil hydrology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE; LEAF; LIMITING FACTOR; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WATER RELATIONS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LARREA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL;

CARBON ISOTOPES; LARREA; MICRONUTRIENTS; PLANT LEAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; WATER;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0842309138     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1437-7     Document Type: Article

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