Polyploidy enhances the occupation of heterogeneous environments through hydraulic related trade-offs in Atriplex canescens (Chenopodiaceae)

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 970-978

  Hao, Guang You ^a   Lucero, Mary E ^b   Sanderson, Stewart C ^c   Zacharias, Elizabeth H ^a,d   Holbrook, N Michele ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert; Drought tolerance; Flow cytometry; Niche differentiation; Plant hydraulics; Polyploidy; Saltbush; Water relations

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DESERT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; SOIL WATER; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; TRANSLOCATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATRIPLEX; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLYPLOIDY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ATRIPLEX; ENVIRONMENT; NEW MEXICO; PLANT LEAVES; POLYPLOIDY; WATER;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

AMARANTHACEAE; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 84872151114     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12051     Document Type: Article

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