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DOI: | 10.1007/s11104-011-0757-3 |
Web URL(s): | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11104-011-0757-3 Last checked: 10/05/2017 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11104-011-0757-3.pdf Last checked: 07/09/2018 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Vaughn, Kurt J.;
Biel, Carmen;
Clary, Jeffrey J.;
de Harralde, Felicidad;
Aranda, Xavier;
Evans, Richard Y.;
Young, Truman P.;
Savé, Robert |
Author Affiliation: | Vaughn, Clary, Evans, and Young: Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California; Biel, de Herralde, Aranda, and Savé: Horticultural Ambiental, Torre Marimon, Barcelona, Spain |
Title: | California perennial grasses are physiologically distinct from both Mediterranean annual and perennial grasses |
Section: | Plant soil Other records with the "Plant soil" Section
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Source: | Plant and Soil. Vol. 345, No. 1-2, August 2011, p. [1-10]. |
Publishing Information: | Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers |
# of Pages: | 10 |
Related Web URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11104-011-0757-3#Abs1 Last checked: 07/09/2018 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Comparisons; Drought resistance; Invasion resistance; Mediterranean climate; Perennial grasses; Precipitation rate; Regional variation; Soil water relations; Stress response
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Abstract/Contents: | "In the Central Valley of California, native perennial grass species have been largely replaced by Eurasian annual species, while in many parts of the Mediterranean Basin native perennial grasses continue to dominate, even on disturbed or degraded sites. We assessed whether differences in summer rainfall patterns have lead to the development of different plant-water strategies between grasses from these two regions. We compared six measures of plant-water physiology for three guilds of grasses: California perennial grasses, Mediterranean perennial grasses, and Mediterranean annual grasses. Discriminant analysis distinguished between the three guilds; Mediterranean perennial grasses were characterized by a more conservative water-relations physiology than Mediterranean annual grasses, whereas California perennial grasses were in some ways intermediate between the two Mediterranean grass guilds. For individual traits, California perennial grasses were either intermediate or more like Mediterranean annuals than Mediterranean perennials. Our results suggest California perennials are more drought tolerant than Mediterranean annuals but less drought tolerant than Mediterranean perennials, despite the fact that Californias Central Valley has a more intense summer drought than the Mediterranean Basin. These patterns may help explain why Mediterranean annuals, but not Mediterranean perennials, have been more successful invaders of interior California grasslands." |
Language: | English |
References: | 44 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Vaughn, K. J., C. Biel, J. J. Clary, F. de Herralde, X. Aranda, R. Y. Evans, et al. 2011. California perennial grasses are physiologically distinct from both Mediterranean annual and perennial grasses. Plant Soil. 345(1-2):p. [1-10]. |
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| DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0757-3 |
| Web URL(s): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11104-011-0757-3 Last checked: 10/05/2017 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11104-011-0757-3.pdf Last checked: 07/09/2018 Requires: PDF Reader |
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