Conifer species adapt to low-rainfall climates by following one of two divergent pathways

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 14489-14493

  Brodribb, Timothy J ^a   McAdam, Scott A M ^a   Jordan, Gregory J ^a   Martins, Samuel C V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forest; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; HORMONE ABSCISIC ACID; RAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARAUCARIACEAE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONIFER; CUPRESSACEAE; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; GINKGO BILOBA; LEAF DESICCATION; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINACEAE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT STOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINFALL CLIMATE; SPECIES HABITAT; STOMATAL CLOSURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; STOMATAL PORE; TAXACEAE; WATER DEFICIT; WATER LOSS; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER VAPOR; XYLEM; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARAUCARIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; PINACEAE;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84916237614     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407930111     Document Type: Article

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