Enhanced photosynthesis and flower production in a sagebrush morphotype associated with animal burrows

Plant Ecology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Hill, Judsen P ^a   Willson, Cynthia J ^b   Smith, William K ^c  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata spp. wyomingensis; Mima; Mounds; Transpiration; Water

Indexed keywords

BURROW; MORPHOTYPE; NUTRIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 21144445589     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-2233-8     Document Type: Article

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