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Plant dieback under exceptional drought driven by elevation, not by plant traits, in Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA

In 2011, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, experienced the most severe single year drought in its recorded history, resulting in significant plant mortality. We used this event to test how perennial plant response to drought varied across elevation, plant growth form and leaf traits. In October 20...

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Autores principales: Waring, Elizabeth F., Schwilk, Dylan W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4106195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25083346
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.477