Vertical patterns of soil water uptake by plants in a primary forest and an abandoned pasture in the eastern Amazon: An isotopic approach

Plant and Soil

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 95-107

  Moreira, Marcelo Z ^a   Sternberg, Leonel da S L ^b   Nepstad, Daniel C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon forest; Plant water uptake; Root distribution; Soil water percolation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; WATER USE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PANICUM MAXIMUM; SOLANUM; SOLANUM CRINITUM;

EID: 0033842811     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004773217189     Document Type: Article

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