Post-fire resprouting oaks (genus: Quercus) exhibit plasticity in xylem vulnerability to drought

Plant Ecology

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 697-710

  Schwilk, Dylan W ^a   Brown, Tailor E ^a   Lackey, Russell ^a   Willms, Joshua ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Drought; Fire; Plasticity; Resprouting; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DESICCATION; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE; MICROHABITAT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESPROUTING; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

DAVIS MOUNTAINS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL; SIERRA MADRE [MEXICO]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

EID: 84961794348     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-016-0568-y     Document Type: Article

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