Photosynthetic performance of invasive Pinus ponderosa and Juniperus virginiana seedlings under gradual soil water depletion

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 668-675

  Bihmidine, S ^a   Bryan, N M ^b   Payne, K R ^a   Parde, M R ^b   Okalebo, J A ^a   Cooperstein, S E ^a   Awada, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fv Fm; Great Plains; Jmax; Semiarid grasslands; Stomatal limitation; Vcmax; Water potential

Indexed keywords

WATER; PHOTOSYSTEM II; SOIL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ELECTRON; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; JUNIPERUS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; PONDEROSA PINE; SOIL; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS;

DROUGHTS; JUNIPERUS; NEBRASKA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PINUS PONDEROSA; PLANT STOMATA; SOIL; WATER;

JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 77955945248     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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