Water and nutrient dynamics in surface roots and soils are not modified by short-term flooding of phreatophytic plants in a hyperarid desert

Plant and Soil

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 129-139

  Zeng, Fanjiang ^a   Bleby, Timothy M ^b   Landman, Peter A ^b   Adams, Mark A ^b   Arndt, Stefan K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydraulic redistribution; Phreatophytes; Taklamakan desert; Trees; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

DESERT; FLOODING; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ALHAGI SPARSIFOLIA; CALLIGONUM; ELAEAGNUS;

EID: 32544447579     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-0498-2     Document Type: Article

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