Magnitude and mechanisms of disequilibrium between predawn plant and soil water potentials

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 463-470

  Donovan, Lisa A ^a   Richards, James H ^b   Linton, Matthew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoplastic solutes; California; Chrysothamnus nauseosus; Great Basin desert; Hydraulic conductance; Hydraulic lift; Nighttime transpiration; Predawn water potential; Sarcobatus vermiculatus; Water relations

Indexed keywords

DISEQUILIBRIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RELATIONS;

CHRYSOTHAMNUS; CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA; SARCOBATUS; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 0013187157     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0463:MAMODB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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