Hydraulic lift: A potentially important ecosystem process

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 232-235

  Norton, Jonathan L ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; HYDRAULIC LIFT; SOIL WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUID BALANCE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031806517     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01328-7     Document Type: Review

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