The role of dew in Negev Desert plants

Oecologia

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 317-327

  Hill, Amber J ^a   Dawson, Todd E ^b   Shelef, Oren ^a   Rachmilevitch, Shimon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aridity; Climate change; Drought tolerance; Stable isotopes; Water

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ROOTING; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ARTEMISIA SIEBERI; HALOXYLON; SALSOLA;

DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN; SOIL; WATER;

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; METABOLISM; SALSOLA; SOIL;

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SALSOLA; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84929948081     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3287-5     Document Type: Article

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