Plant water status and hydraulic conductance during flowering in the southern California coastal sage shrub Salvia mellifera (Lamiaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1286-1292

  Lambrecht, Susan C ^a   Santiago, Louis S ^b   DeVan, Caroline M ^b,c   Carlos Cervera, J ^b,d   Stripe, Cara M ^b   Buckingham, Lee A ^b   Pasquini, Sarah C ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coastal sage scrub; Corolla conductance; Fl oral physiology; Hydraulic conductance; Plant reproduction; Salvia mellifera; Soil water content; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration; Water potential

Indexed keywords

WATER;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWERING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCRUB; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER VAPOR;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOWER; GAS; HISTOLOGY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STOMA; SALVIA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASON; SOIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CALIFORNIA; FLOWERS; GASES; MICROCLIMATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SALVIA; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

LAMIACEAE; SALVIA; SALVIA MELLIFERA;

EID: 84858380607     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000514     Document Type: Article

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