Differential response to soil salinity in endangered key tree cactus: Implications for survival in a changing climate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Goodman, Joie ^a   Maschinski, Joyce ^a   Hughes, Phillip ^b   McAuliffe, Joe ^c   Roncal, Julissa ^a,d   Powell, Devon ^a   Sternberg, Leonel O'reilly ^e  

^a FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PILOSOCEREUS ROBINII; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SALINITY; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOOT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE; TREE GROWTH; CACTACEAE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

MIMOSA; PILOSOCEREUS ROBINII;

CACTACEAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84857779290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032528     Document Type: Article

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