Does leaf water efficiency vary among eucalypts in water-limited environments?

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 529-536

  Hatton, Tom ^a   Reece, Peter ^a   Taylor, Peter ^b   McEwan, Kerryn ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Eucalyptus; Hydrological equilibrium theory; Landscape remediation; Leaf efficiency; Mediterranean climate; Salinity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GENOTYPE; LEAF; WATER USE;

AUSTRALIA;

CORYMBIA CALOPHYLLA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; ERYTHROPHLEUM; ERYTHROPHLEUM CHLOROSTACHYS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS BLAKELYI; EUCALYPTUS CALOPHYLLA; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS MACRORHYNCHA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; EUCALYPTUS MINIATA; EUCALYPTUS OCCIDENTALIS; EUCALYPTUS POLYANTHEMOS; EUCALYPTUS PORECTA; EUCALYPTUS TETRODONTA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA FERDINANDIANA;

EID: 0031689640     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.8-9.529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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