Variation in vegetative water use in the savannas of the North Australian Tropical Transect

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 413-418

  Cook, Garry D ^a   Williams, Richard J ^a   Hutley, Lindsay B ^b   O'Grady, Anthony, P ^b   Liedloff, Adam C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Global change; Rainfall; Tree basal area; Tree rooting depth; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GLOBAL CHANGE; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; TREE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER USE;

(NORTH); AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036621525     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02065.x     Document Type: Article

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