Contrasting responses to water-deficit among Encelia canescens populations distributed along an aridity gradient

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1552-1557

  Carvajal, Danny E ^a,b   Loayza, Andrea P ^a,b   Squeo, Francisco A ^a,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aridity gradient; Asteraceae; Atacama desert; Biomass; Encelia canescens; Photosynthesis; Relative growth rate; Root to shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; DROUGHT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH RATE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOMASS; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; WATER STRESS;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

ASTERACEAE; ENCELIA CANESCENS;

WATER;

ASTERACEAE; CHILE; DESERT CLIMATE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT;

ASTERACEAE; CHILE; DESERT CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; WATER;

EID: 84942279160     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500097     Document Type: Article

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