Quantifying succulence: A rapid, physiologically meaningful metric of plant water storage

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1533-1542

  Ogburn, R Matthew ^a   Edwards, Erika J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Caryophyllales; Pressure volume curve; Saturated water content; Water relations

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DRY MATTER; HERB; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; WATER CONTENT; WATER RELATIONS;

ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRESSURE; WATER;

CARYOPHYLLALES;

EID: 84864853809     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02503.x     Document Type: Article

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