Influence of groundwater depth on the seasonal sources of water accessed by Banksia tree species on a shallow, sandy coastal aquifer

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-19

  Zencich, Sandra J ^a   Froend, Ray H ^a   Turner, Jeffrey V ^b,c   Gailitis, Vit ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Phreatophyte; Stable hydrogen isotope composition; Water uptake patterns

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; PHREATIC ZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE; WATER UPTAKE;

AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; BANKSIA ATTENUATA; BANKSIA ILICIFOLIA; HIBBERTIA HYPERICOIDES;

EID: 0036931889     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-001-0855-7     Document Type: Article

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