Leaf carbon isotope ratios in three landscape species growing in an arid environment

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-257

  Devitt, D A ^a   Smith, S D ^b   Neuman, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilopsis linearis; Festuca arundinacea; Leaching fraction; Quercus virginiana; Tree size

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DESERT WILLOW; LIVE OAK; TALL FESCUE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BIGNONIACEAE; CHILOPSIS LINEARIS; FAGACEAE; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; POACEAE; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0031150353     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0211     Document Type: Article

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