Topographic position affects the water regime in a semideciduous tropical forest in Panamá

Plant and Soil

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-89

  Daws, Matthew I ^a   Mullins, Christopher E ^a   Burslem, David F R P ^a   Paton, Steven R ^b   Dalling, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Matric potential; Niche specialisation; Water balance; Water regime

Indexed keywords

NICHE; SOIL WATER; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER BUDGET;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

EID: 0036123964     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014289930621     Document Type: Article

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