Stage-dependent patterns of drought tolerance and gas exchange vary between sexes in the alpine willow, Salix glauca

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Dudley, Leah S ^a   Galen, Candace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Drought tolerance; Genetic variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Salix glauca; Water relations

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DIOECY; DIVERGENCE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS EXCHANGE; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RAMET; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; FLOWER; FRUIT; GAS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WILLOW;

CARBON; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GASES; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALIX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SALIX; SALIX GLAUCA; SALIX PETROPHILA;

EID: 34447635489     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0712-4     Document Type: Article

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