Correlated variation of floral and leaf traits along a moisture availability gradient

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 574-583

  Lambrecht, Susan C ^a   Dawson, Todd E ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral display; Stable carbon isotope ratio; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SOIL MOISTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947328834     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0617-7     Document Type: Article

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