The role of freezing in setting the latitudinal limits of mangrove forests

New Phytologist

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 576-583

  Stuart, S A ^a,c   Choat, B ^a   Martin, K C ^b   Holbrook, N M ^a   Ball, M C ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aegiceras; Avicennia; Freeze induced embolism; Mangrove; Rhizophora; Vessel diameter; Xylem ion content

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXUDATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MANGROVE; SALINITY; SAP FLOW; TRANSLOCATION; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; AVICENNIA; CHEMISTRY; FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TIME; TREE; XYLEM;

AVICENNIA; FREEZING; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT STEMS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; XYLEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA;

AEGICERAS; AVICENNIA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33846262960     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01938.x     Document Type: Article

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