Temporal and spatial partitioning of water resources among eight woody species in a Hawaiian dry forest

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 309-317

  Stratton, Lisa C ^a,c   Goldstein, Guillermo ^a   Meinzer, Frederick C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Resource partitioning; Soil water uptake; Species diversity; Stable isotopes; Tropical dry forests

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

HAWAII; UNITED STATES;

DIOSPYROS SANDWICENSIS; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; MYOPORUM SANDWICENSE; NESTEGIS SANDWICENSIS; REYNOLDSIA SANDWICENSIS;

EID: 0033855852     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000384     Document Type: Article

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