The redistribution of soil water by tree root systems

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 306-311

  Burgess, Stephen S O ^a   Adams, Mark A ^a   Turner, Neil C ^b   Ong, Chin K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Hydraulic lift; Plant roots; Sap flow; Water use

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC REDISTRIBUTION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL WATER; TREE;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA;

EID: 0031818820     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050521     Document Type: Article

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