Hydraulic lift in Acacia tortilis trees on an East African savanna

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-300

  Ludwig, F ^a,c   Dawson, T E ^b   Kroon, H ^a,d   Berendse, F ^a   Prins, H H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Soil water; Stable isotopes; Tree grass interactions

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; HYDRAULICS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; UNDERSTORY;

(EAST); AFRICA;

ACACIA TORTILIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0242418176     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1119-x     Document Type: Article

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