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Published on: April 17, 2015

Drought resistance is influenced by soil water uptake depth in dryland shrubs

E Tamudo1, E González de Andrés1,2, J J Camarero1

  • 1Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain.

Plant Biology (Stuttgart, Germany)
|October 26, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
DendroecologyMediterranean shrublandsdrought stressfunctional traitplant–soil (below‐ground) interactionssoil water depthstable isotopes

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