Stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit of temperate and tropical evergreen rainforest trees of Australia

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 399-407

  Cunningham, Shaun C ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Latitude; Precipitation seasonality; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

STOMATAL SENSITIVITY; TROPICAL EVERGREEN RAINFOREST TREES;

FORESTRY;

EID: 3242710453     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0318-y     Document Type: Article

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