Mortality of resprouting chaparral shrubs after a fire and during a record drought: Physiological mechanisms and demographic consequences

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 893-907

  Pratt, R Brandon ^a   Jacobsen, Anna L ^a   Ramirez, Aaron R ^b   Helms, Anjel M ^c   Traugh, Courtney A ^a   Tobin, Michael F ^d   Heffner, Marcus S ^c   Davis, Stephen D ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenostoma; Carbohydrate starvation; Cavitation; Ceanothus; Chamise; Wildfire; Xylem

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHAPARRAL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DROUGHT; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPROUTING; SHRUB; WILDFIRE; XYLEM;

WATER;

ADENOSTOMA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE STARVATION; CAVITATION; CEANOTHUS; CHAMISE; DROUGHT; FIRE; FOGO SELVAGEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; PLANT TUBER; UNITED STATES; XYLEM;

ADENOSTOMA; CARBOHYDRATE STARVATION; CAVITATION; CEANOTHUS; CHAMISE; WILDFIRE; XYLEM;

CALIFORNIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DROUGHTS; FIRES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TUBERS; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84893085132     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12477     Document Type: Article

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