Leaf gas exchange and water status responses of a native and non-native grass to precipitation across contrasting soil surfaces in the Sonoran Desert

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-413

  Ignace, Danielle D ^a   Huxman, Travis E ^a   Weltzin, Jake F ^b   Williams, David G ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive grass species; Photosynthesis; Precipitation manipulation; Santa Rita Experimental Range; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; CANOPY EXCHANGE; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASS; NATIVE SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POACEAE; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESERT CLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POACEAE; RAIN; SOIL;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA RITA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS LEHMANNIANA; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS;

EID: 34248648459     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0670-x     Document Type: Article

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