δ13C and water-use efficiency in Australian grasstrees and South African conifers over the last century

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-212

  Swanborough, Perry W ^a   Lamont, Byron B ^a   February, Edmund C ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

13C; Greenhouse (CO2) effect; Long term studies; Nutrient availability; Photosynthetic capacity; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; WIDDRINGTONIA CEDARBERGENSIS; XANTHORRHOEA; XANTHORRHOEA PREISSII;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN; WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONIFER; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANGIOSPERMS; AUSTRALIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAIN; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER;

EID: 0042710978     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1263-y     Document Type: Article

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