Plant water relations and photosynthesis during and after drought in a Chihuahuan desert arroyo

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-39

  De Soyza, Amrita G ^a,d,e   Killingbeck, Keith T ^b   Whitford, Walter G ^a,c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Nevada Desert FACE Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Gas exchange; Phreatophytic; Plant water potential; Rainfall; Riparian

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SHRUB; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

BRICKELLIA; BRICKELLIA LACINIATA; CHILOPSIS; CHILOPSIS LINEARIS; FALLUGIA PARADOXA; FLOURENSIA; FLOURENSIA CERNUA; HEDERA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; RHUS; RHUS MICROPHYLLA; RIPARIA;

EID: 3042725139     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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