Shifts in depth of water extraction and photosynthetic capacity inferred from stable isotope proxies across an ecotone of Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper) and Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 783-793

  Leffler, A Joshua ^a,b   Caldwell, Martyn M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical limitation; Gas exchange; Plant water source; Resource partitioning; Stable isotopes; Stand density; Stomatal limitation; Transition zone; Water relations; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA;

EID: 27644581910     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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