Effects of precipitation on photosynthesis and water potential in Andropogon gerardii and Schizachyrium scoparium in a southern mixed grass prairie

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-231

  Maricle, Brian R ^a   Adler, Peter B ^b  

^a FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big bluestem; C4; Carbon isotopes; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Drought; Gas exchange; Little bluestem

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TOLERANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 79957811980     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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