Comparison of respiratory and growth characteristics of two co-occurring shrubs from a cold desert, Coleogyne ramosissima (blackbrush) and Atriplex confertifolia (shadscale)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Summers, H A ^a   Smith, B N ^a   Hansen, L D ^a  

^a N243 Eyring Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Calorespirometry; Respiration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; METABOLISM; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESPIRATION; SHRUB;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; ATRIPLEX CONFERTIFOLIA; COLEOGYNE RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 56949084053     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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