Variability in needle morphology and water status of Pinus cembroides across an elevational gradient in the Davis Mountains of west Texas, USA

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-288

  Poulos, H M ^a   Berlyn, G P ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevation gradient; Gradient analysis; Needle morphology; Pinus cembroides; Pinyon pine; Pinyon juniper woodlands; Transpiration; Water relations

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GENERALIST; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER CONTENT;

DAVIS MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; PINACEAE; PINUS CEMBROIDES; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 34547809946     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2007)134[281:VINMAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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