Variation in δ13C among species and sexes in the family Restionaceae along a fine-scale hydrological gradient

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 818-824

  Araya, Yoseph N ^a   Silvertown, Jonathan ^a   Gowing, David J ^a   Mcconway, Kevin ^a   Linder, Peter ^b   Midgley, Guy ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape floristic region; Carbon isotope discrimination; Hydrological gradient; Plant gender; Restionaceae; Soil water regime trade off; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMATA; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATERLOGGING;

RESTIONACEAE;

EID: 78049469240     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02089.x     Document Type: Article

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