Mixed species stands of eucalypts as ecotones on a water supply gradient

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 518-528

  Battaglia, M ^a,c   Williams, K J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr Temperate H ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co existence; Drought stress; Environmental heterogeneity; Photosynthesis; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; EUCALYPTUS TENUIRAMIS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0030301673     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00333729     Document Type: Article

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