Hydraulic architecture of deciduous and evergreen dry rainforest tree species from north-eastern Australia

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-311

  Choat, Brendan ^a,b,c   Ball, Marilyn C ^b   Luly, Jon G ^a   Holtum, Joseph A M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought induced embolism; Leaf phenology; Water potential

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

DECIDUOUS SPECIES; DROUGHT INDUCED EMBOLISM; EVERGREEN SPECIES; SAPWOOD; XYLEM ANATOMY;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ANATOMY; BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PLANTS; WOOD; XYLEM;

ALPHITONIA EXCELSA; AUSTROMYRTUS; BRACHYCHITON; COCHLOSPERMUM; MIMOSA;

EID: 21244503602     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0392-1     Document Type: Article

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