Increasing demands on limited water resources: Consequences for two endangered plants in Amargosa valley, USA

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 620-626

  Hasselquist, Niles J ^a   Allen, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amargosa Valley (USA); Asteraceae; Chenopodiaceae; Desert plants; Grindelia fraxino pratensis; Groundwater; Nitrophila mohavensis; Stable isotopes; Water uptake patterns.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HARVESTING; HERB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL MOISTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER TABLE; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

AMARGOSA VALLEY; CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ASTERACEAE; GRINDELIA; NITROPHILA MOHAVENSIS;

EID: 63449092235     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800181     Document Type: Article

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