Phenotypic selection on leaf water use efficiency and related ecophysiological traits for natural populations of desert sunflowers

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-25

  Donovan, Lisa A ^a   Dudley, Susan A ^a,b   Rosenthal, David M ^a,c   Ludwig, Fulco ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fitness; Leaf size; Nitrogen; Succulence; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; WATER;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FITNESS; HERB; LEAF; NATURAL SELECTION; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; SUNFLOWER;

DESERT CLIMATE; HELIANTHUS; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; SELECTION (GENETICS); WATER;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HELIANTHUS ANOMALUS;

EID: 34247391456     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0627-5     Document Type: Article

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