Plant-soil water relations and species border of clarkia xantiana SSP. xantiana (onagraceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 171, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 749-760

  Eckhart, Vincent M ^a   Singh, Indrani ^b   Louthan, Allison M ^c   Keledjian, Amanda J ^d   Chu, Anna ^e   Moeller, David A ^f   Geber, Monica A ^a  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarkia xantiana; Demography; Plant water relations; Soil penetration resistance; Soil texture; Species borders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEDROCK; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT PRODUCTION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MORTALITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WATER STORAGE;

CLARKIA; CLARKIA XANTIANA; ONAGRACEAE;

EID: 77956043033     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/654845     Document Type: Article

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