Defoliation alters water uptake by deep and shallow roots of Prosopis velutina (Velvet Mesquite)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 363-374

  Snyder, K A ^a,b   Williams, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon assimilation; Hydrogen isotopes; Oxygen isotopes; Plant water sources; Sap flow

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFOLIATION; SAP FLOW; WATER RELATIONS; WATER UPTAKE;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA; VELUTINA;

EID: 0038757654     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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