Evidence of drought-induced stress on biotic crust moss in the Mojave Desert

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 939-947

  Barker, David H ^a   Stark, Lloyd R ^a   Zimpfer, Jeff F ^b   Mcletchie, Nicholas D ^c   Smith, Stanley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Chlorosis; Drought stress; Regeneration; Syntrichia

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; SYNTRICHIA; SYNTRICHIA CANINERVIS;

EID: 21244463518     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01346.x     Document Type: Article

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