Ecological and Physiological Basis for the Distribution of Woody Plants along Water Availability Gradients in the Southeastern United States Mixed Forest

dc.contributor.advisorWilliam A. Hoffmann, Committee Chairen_US
dc.contributor.advisorThomas R. Wentworth, Committee Co-Chairen_US
dc.contributor.advisorMary M. Peet, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.advisorEdwin L. Fiscus, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.authorAbit, Pamela Poen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-02T19:16:56Z
dc.date.available2010-04-02T19:16:56Z
dc.date.issued2008-07-15en_US
dc.degree.disciplineBotanyen_US
dc.degree.leveldissertationen_US
dc.degree.namePhDen_US
dc.descriptionNorth Carolina State University Theses Plant Biology.
dc.description.abstracten_US
dc.formatThesis (Ph.D.)--North Carolina State University.
dc.identifier.otheretd-05152008-104716en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/5633
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dc.subjectSoutheastern United States mixed foresten_US
dc.subjectWater availability gradienten_US
dc.subjectcavitation resistanceen_US
dc.subjectgrowth performanceen_US
dc.subjectmesic speciesen_US
dc.subjectxeric speciesen_US
dc.subjectvegetation distributionen_US
dc.titleEcological and Physiological Basis for the Distribution of Woody Plants along Water Availability Gradients in the Southeastern United States Mixed Foresten_US
dcterms.abstractKeywords: Southeastern United States mixed forest, Water availability gradient, cavitation resistance, growth performance, mesic species, xeric species, vegetation distribution.
dcterms.extentxii, 115 pages : illustrations (some color)

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