Comparative water use by the riparian trees Melaleuca argentea and Corymbia bella in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-228

  O'Grady, A P ^a   Eamus, D ^b   Cook, P G ^c   Lamontagne, S ^c  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydraulic conductance; Leaf water potential; Sap flow

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; TREE; WATER USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ARGENTEA;

EID: 33644895428     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.2.219     Document Type: Article

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