Opportunities, challenges and pitfalls in characterizing plant water-use strategies

Kannenberg, Steven A.; Guo, Jessica S.; Novick, Kimberly A.; Anderegg, William R.  L.; Feng, Xue; Kennedy, Daniel; Konings, Alexandra G.; Martínez‐Vilalta, Jordi; Matheny, Ashley M.

doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13945

Opportunities, challenges and pitfalls in characterizing plant water-use strategies

Journal Article · 22 October 2021 · Functional Ecology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13945· OSTI ID:1980604

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School of Biological Sciences University of Utah Salt Lake City UT USA; OSTI
Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Utah Salt Lake City UT USA; Arizona Experiment Station, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences University of Arizona Tucson AZ USA
O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University Bloomington IN USA
School of Biological Sciences University of Utah Salt Lake City UT USA
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo‐Engineering University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN USA; Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN USA
National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder CO USA
Department of Earth System Science Stanford University Stanford CA USA
CREAF, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Catalonia Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Catalonia Spain
Department of Geological Sciences Jackson School of Geosciences University of Texas Austin TX USA

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States); Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0020116; SC0022052

OSTI ID:: 1980604

Journal Information:: Functional Ecology, Journal Name: Functional Ecology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 36; ISSN 0269-8463

Publisher:: British Ecological Society; Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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