Root dynamics of Melaleuca halmaturorum in response to fluctuating saline groundwater

Plant and Soil

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-84

  Mensforth, Lisa J ^a,b   Walker, Glen R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

leaf water potential; Melaleuca halmaturorum; root; salinity; soil water potential; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

MELALEUCA HALMATURORUM; MYRTACEAE;

GROUNDWATER; ROOT; SALINITY; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 0030301910     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00029276     Document Type: Article

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