Boxelder water sources and physiology at perennial and ephemeral stream sites in Arizona

Tree Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-160

  Kolb, Thomas E ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^a   Amundson, Ronald ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer negundo; nitrogen; photosynthesis; riparian forests; stable isotopes; stomatal conductance; water relations

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER NEGUNDO; RIPARIA;

EID: 0031000843     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/17.3.151     Document Type: Article

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