Physiological responses of tagasaste to a progressive drought in its native environment on the Canary Islands

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-204

  Gonzalez Rodriguez A M ^a   Martin Olivera A ^a   Morales, D ^a   Jimenez M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisohydric plants; CO2 assimilation rate; Mediterranean species; Stomatal conductance; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE; WORLD;

CHAMAECYSTIS PALMENSIS; CHAMAECYTISUS PROLIFERUS;

EID: 13744259486     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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