Diverse functional responses to drought in a Mediterranean-type shrubland in South Africa

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 396-407

  West, A G ^a,b   Dawson, T E ^b   February, E C ^a   Midgley, G F ^c   Bond, W J ^a   Aston, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Drought; Functional types; Fynbos; Hydraulic strategies; Isohydry anisohydry; Rainfall manipulation; Rooting depth

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; DROUGHT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWERING; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; FYNBOS; GROWTH FORM; GROWTH RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; ROOTING; SHRUBLAND; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GAS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; GASES; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84862527945     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04170.x     Document Type: Article

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