Freezing regime and trade-offs with water transport efficiency generate variation in xylem structure across diploid populations of Larrea sp. (Zygophyllaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 598-607

  Medeiros, Juliana S ^a   Pockman, William T ^b  

^a Holden Arboretum   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan desert; Freeze thaw embolism; Larrea; Local variation; Monte desert; Xylem

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE EFFECT; FREEZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; XYLEM;

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARGENTINA; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARREA; METABOLISM; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; UNITED STATES; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; LARREA; MEXICO; NEW MEXICO; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84898732797     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400046     Document Type: Article

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