Effects of soil water availability on water use efficiency of Eucalyptus cloeziana and Eucalyptus argophloia plants

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-166

  Ngugi, Michael R ^a   Hunt, Mark A ^b   Doley, David ^a   Ryan, Paul ^b   Dart, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr Sustainable Prod F ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA;

EID: 0038558484     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT02103     Document Type: Article

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