Hydraulic conductance of two co-occuring neotropical understory shrubs with different habitat preferences

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-208

  Engelbrecht, Bettina M J ^a,b   Velez, Virginia ^b   Tyree, Melvin T ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Hydraulic conductance; Piper; Tropical rainforest; Understory shrub

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SHRUB; UNDERSTORY;

PIPER CORDULATUM; PIPER TRIGONUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 0034093395     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2000111     Document Type: Article

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