Physiological performance and xylem water isotopic composition underlie gender-specific responses in the dioecious shrub Corema album

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-45

  Álvarez Cansino, Leonor ^a   Zunzunegui, María ^a   Díaz Barradas, Mari Cruz ^a   Esquivias, Mari Paz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ERICACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPAIN; XYLEM;

DROUGHTS; ERICACEAE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPAIN; WATER; XYLEM;

COREMA ALBUM;

EID: 77955719806     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2010.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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