A comparative study of oak (quercus, fagaceae) seedling physiology during summer drought in southern California

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 751-761

  Mahall, Bruce E ^a   Tyler, Claudia M ^a   Cole, E Shelly ^b   Mata, Catarina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Drought stress; Fagaceae; Leaf gas exchange; Quercus agrifolia; Quercus lobata; Root architecture; Seedling sapling transition; Tree recruitment; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; MORTALITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SAPLING; XYLEM;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA; QUERCUS LOBATA;

EID: 65249086175     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800247     Document Type: Article

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