Growth and water relations of Tamarix ramosissima and Populus euphratica on Taklamakan desert dunes in relation to depth to a permanent water table

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 725-736

  Gries, Dirk ^a   Zeng, F ^c   Foetzki, A ^a   Arndt, S K ^b,d   Bruelheide, H ^a   Thomas, F M ^a   Zhang, X ^c   Runge, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extreme aridity; Groundwater depth; Leaf specific hydraulic conductance; Phreatophytic vegetation; Stomatal conductance; Stomatal regulation

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DUNE; GROWTH; WATER LEVEL; WATER RELATIONS; WATER TABLE;

CHINA;

POPULUS EUPHRATICA; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 0037515608     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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