Water relations of coast redwood planted in the semi-arid climate of southern California

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1384-1400

  Litvak, Elizaveta ^a   McCarthy, Heather R ^a   Pataki, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant hydraulics; Sap flux; Sequoia sempervirens; Stomatal regulation; Transpiration; Urban forest; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SAP FLOW; SEMIARID REGION; SENESCENCE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPLANTATION; URBAN AREA; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; SEQUOIA; SOIL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; UNITED STATES; XYLEM;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; LOS ANGELES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEQUOIA; SOIL; WATER; XYLEM;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 79960280174     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02339.x     Document Type: Article

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