Seasonal trends in carbon assimilation, stomatal conductance, pre-dawn leaf water potential and growth in Terminalia ferdinandiana, a deciduous tree of northern Australian savannas

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-69

  Prior, L D ^a   Eamus, D ^a   Duff, G A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS TETRODONTA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA FERDINANDIANA; COMBRETACEAE; MYRTACEAE;

CARBON ASSIMILATION; GROWTH; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; SEASONALITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030614081     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT96065     Document Type: Article

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