Drought and resprouting plants

New Phytologist

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 583-589

  Zeppel, Melanie J B ^a   Harrison, Sandy P ^a,b   Adams, Henry D ^c   Kelley, Douglas I ^a   Li, Guangqi ^a   Tissue, David T ^d   Dawson, Todd E ^e   Fensham, Rod ^f   Medlyn, Belinda E ^a   Palmer, Anthony ^g   West, Adam G ^h   Mcdowell, Nate G ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^g NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon starvation; Drought induced mortality; Global vegetation model; Hydraulic failure; Nonresprouter; Post disturbance recovery; Post drought recovery; Resprouter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BUD; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MORTALITY; RESPROUTING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REGENERATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925279180     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13205     Document Type: Article

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