Partitioning of soil water among tree species in a Brazilian Cerrado ecosystem

Tree Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 717-724

  Jackson, Paula C ^a   Meinzer, Frederick C ^b   Bustamante, Mercedes ^c   Goldstein, Guillermo ^d   Franco, Augusto ^c   Rundel, Philip W ^a   Caldas, Linda ^c   Igler, Erica ^e   Causin, Fabio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Deciduous; Deuterium; Evergreen; Hydraulic lift; Neotropical savanna; Resource partitioning; Roots; Stable hydrogen isotope composition

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; NICHE PARTITIONING; SOIL WATER; TREE; WATER USE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033199715     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/19.11.717     Document Type: Article

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