Plastic responses to temporal variation in moisture availability: Consequences for water use efficiency and plant performance

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 821-832

  Picotte, Joshua J ^a   Rosenthal, David M ^a   Rhode, Jennifer M ^b   Cruzan, Mitchell B ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Carbon isotope ratio; Drought; Hybrid; Piriqueta

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FITNESS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RECOMBINATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON ISOTOPES; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; SEASONS; WATER;

PIRIQUETA; PIRIQUETA CISTOIDES SUBSP. CAROLINIANA;

EID: 34548591201     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0794-z     Document Type: Article

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