Visual assessment of wilting as a measure of leaf water potential and seedling drought survival

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-500

  Engelbrecht, Bettina M J ^a,b   Tyree, Melvin T ^b,c,e   Kursar, Thomas A ^b,d  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Method; Mortality; Performance; Regeneration; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; LEAF; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; WILTING;

EID: 34347397840     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646740700421X     Document Type: Article

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