Plant water relations of Tamarix ramosissima in response to the imposition and alleviation of soil moisture stress

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 527-540

  Devitt, D A ^a,b   Piorkowski, J M ^b   Smith, S D ^b   Cleverly, J R ^b   Sala, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drydown; Lysimeter; Phreatophyte; Sapflow; Stomatal conductance; Wetup

Indexed keywords

SALTCEDAR; SAPFLOW; SOIL MOISTURE STRESS; WATER RELATIONS; WATER TABLE DEPTH;

NEVADA; USA; VIRGIN RIVER;

TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 0031194276     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0216     Document Type: Article

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