Comparative ecophysiological responses to drought of two shrub and four tree species from karst habitats of southwestern China

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 537-549

  Liu, Chang Cheng ^a   Liu, Yu Guo ^a,b   Guo, Ke ^a   Li, Guo Qing ^a,b   Zheng, Yuan Run ^a   Yu, Li Fei ^c   Yang, Rui ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Drought stress; Gas exchange; Growth; Karst habitats; Water relations

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; DROUGHT STRESS; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH; KARST HABITATS; WATER RELATIONS;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLLS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTIVES; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTRY; GAS; GROWTH; PLANTS; STRESSES; WATER SUPPLY;

BROUSSONETIA; BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA; CINNAMOMUM; PLATYCARYA; PTEROCELTIS TATARINOWII; PYRACANTHA; PYRACANTHA FORTUNEANA; ROSA CYMOSA;

EID: 79956130532     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0533-7     Document Type: Article

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