Foliar absorption of intercepted rainfall improves woody plant water status most during drought

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Breshears, David D ^a   McDowell, Nathan G ^b   Goddard, Kelly L ^c   Dayem, Katherine E ^d   Martens, Scott N ^e   Meyer, Clifton W ^b   Brown, Karen M ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WL2 468 A ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Sierra Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change impacts; Juniperus monosperma; Plant physiological ecology; Plant water potential; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOLIAGE; INTERCEPTION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; WOODY PLANT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; JUNIPERUS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TIME;

ABSORPTION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; JUNIPERUS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; RAIN; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA;

EID: 40449103627     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0437.1     Document Type: Article

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