Carbon isotope discrimination by a sequence of eucalyptus species along a subcontinental rainfall gradient in Australia

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 222-232

  Miller, J M ^a   Williams, R J ^b   Farquhar, G D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Plant distributions; Savanna trees; Species distributions; Stress tolerance; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035050288     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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