Water use by woody plants on contrasting soils in a savanna parkland: Assessment with δ2H and δ18O

Plant and Soil

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-24

  Midwood, A J ^a,b   Boutton, T W ^a   Archer, S R ^a   Watts, S E ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argillic horizon; Deuterium; Hydrology; Oxygen 18; Plant water uptake; Root distribution

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN 18; SAVANNA; WATER USE; WOODY PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032444044     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004355423241     Document Type: Article

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