Coordinated variation in ecophysiological properties among life stages and tissue types in an invasive perennial forb of semiarid shrub steppe

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1488-1495

  Hill, Judson P ^a   Germino, Matthew J ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Centaurea maculosa; Exotic plants; Photosynthesis; Semiarid shrub steppe; Water potential

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; TEMPERATURE;

CENTAUREA MACULOSA; ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATIONS; EXOTIC PLANTS; SEMIARID SHRUB STEPPE; WATER POTENTIAL;

TISSUE;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SPECIALIZATION; WEED;

CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE;

NORTH AMERICA;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA;

EID: 33744813306     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-116     Document Type: Article

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