Rooting depth and leaf hydraulic conductance in the xeric tree Haloxyolon ammodendron growing at sites of contrasting soil texture

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1234-1242

  Xu, G Q ^a,b   Li, Y ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Leaf water potential; Morphological adjustment; Root distribution; Rooting volume; Stomatal conductance; Transpirational flux

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAND; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TEXTURES; TRANSPIRATION; UNDERWATER SOILS; VAPORS; WATER CONTENT;

LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; MORPHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; ROOTING VOLUME; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATIONAL FLUX;

HEAVY WATER;

ACCLIMATION; BUFFERING; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOTING; SANDY SOIL; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL; TRANSPIRATION;

CULTIVATION; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; HEAVY WATER; LEAVES; MOISTURE; PLANTS; ROOTING; SOIL; TRANSPIRATION; VAPORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GURBANTONGGUT DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

AMMODENDRON; HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON;

EID: 57749182866     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP08175     Document Type: Article

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