Water relations of indigenous versus exotic tree species, growing at the same site in a tropical montane forest in southern Ethiopia

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 428-435

  Fetene, Masresha ^a   Beck, Erwin H ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Croton; Cupressus; Stem flux; Tropical montane forest; Whole tree water relations

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRESSURE EFFECTS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

STEM; TREE SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; CROTON; CROTON MACROSTACHYS; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; PODOCARPUS; PODOCARPUS FALCATUS;

EID: 3242719622     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0321-3     Document Type: Article

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