Comparative community physiology: Nonconvergence in water relations among three semi-arid shrub communities

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-113

  Jacobsen, Anna L ^a   Pratt, R Brandon ^a   Davis, Stephen D ^b   Ewers, Frank W ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation resistance; Chaparral; Coastal sage; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Mojave Desert; Stomatal conductance; Water potential; Xylem density

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

CHAPARRAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; LEAF AREA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER RELATIONS; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMECHANICS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER; XYLEM;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51249096940     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02554.x     Document Type: Article

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