Significance of summer fog and overcast for drought stress and ecological functioning of coastal California endemic plant species

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-799

  Fischer, Douglas T ^a   Still, Christopher J ^b   Williams, A Park ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Channel Islands; Cloud shading; Drought stress; Evapotranspiration; Fog; Pinus muricata; Range limits; Santa Cruz Island; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLOUD COVER; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOG; RARITY; SEMIARID REGION; SUMMER;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CRUZ ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

MIMOSA; PINUS MURICATA;

EID: 62249103646     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02025.x     Document Type: Article

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