Drought stress ecophysiology of shrub and grass functional groups on opposing slope aspects of a temperate grassland valley

Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 850-866

  Letts, Matthew G ^a   Johnson, Davin R E ^a   Coburn, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ndvi; Remote sensing; Rooting depth; Sap flow; Solar radiation; Stable carbon isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DEUTERIUM; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HILLSLOPE; NDVI; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REMOTE SENSING; ROOTING; SAP FLOW; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VALLEY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

GREAT PLAINS;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CANA; HEDERA; POACEAE; RHUS TRILOBATA; STIPA VIRIDULA;

EID: 77958144373     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B10-054     Document Type: Article

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