Fog in the California redwood forest: Ecosystem inputs and use by plants

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 476-485

  Dawson, T E ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fog; Hydrology; Plant water relations; Redmood forests; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FOG; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 0032439293     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050683     Document Type: Article

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