Hydraulic lift and tolerance to salinity of semiarid species: Consequences for species interactions

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-21

  Armas, Cristina ^a,b   Padilla, Francisco M ^b   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^b   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Juniperus phoenicea; Pistacia lentiscus; Root system; Stable isotopes; Water sources

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL ZONE; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SAP FLOW; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; JUNIPERUS; METABOLISM; PISTACHIO; PLANT ROOT; SALT TOLERANCE; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; JUNIPERUS; PISTACIA; PLANT ROOTS; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 77949771965     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1447-1     Document Type: Article

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