Long-term functional plasticity in plant hydraulic architecture in response to supplemental moisture

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1091-1100

  Von Arx, Georg ^a,b   Archer, Steven R ^a   Hughes, Malcolm K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine tundra; climate change; drought stress; functional anatomy; herb chronology; hydraulic conductivity; intervascular xylem; phenotypic plasticity; Potentilla diversifolia; specific leaf area; starch; vessel size

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANATOMY; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF AREA; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL; TUNDRA; WATER BUDGET; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POTENTILLA; SEASON; UNITED STATES; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLORADO; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POTENTILLA; RAIN; SEASONS; WATER; XYLEM;

POTENTILLA DIVERSIFOLIA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 84860443729     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs030     Document Type: Article

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