Assessment of the seasonal ability to use precipitation events in three native Chilean shrubs species with different root systems;Evaluación de la capacidad estacional de utilizar eventos de precipitación en tres especies de arbustos nativos de Chile con distintos sistemas radiculares

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 737-749

  Torres, Raul ^a   Squeo, Francisco A ^a   Jorquera, Cármen ^a   Aguirre, Evelyn ^c   Ehleringer, James R ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

2H; Arid zone; Chile; Desertification; Root system; Stable isotopes ratio; Water sources

Indexed keywords

HAPLOPAPPUS; SENNA;

EID: 18244426413     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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