Soil-plant hydrology of indigenous and exotic trees in an Ethiopian montane forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1043-1054

  Fritzsche, Florian ^a,b   Abate, Asferachew ^b   Fetene, Masresha ^c   Beck, Erwin ^b   Weise, Stephan ^d   Guggenberger, Georg ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cupressus lusitanica; Eucalyptus globulus; Podocarpus falcatus; Root distribution; Sap flow; Seasonality; Tensiometry

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORESTATION; FIELD SURVEY; HYDROLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONTANE FOREST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PLANT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; ROOT SYSTEM; SAP FLOW; SOIL; TENSIOMETER; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE; XYLEM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 33748118453     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.8.1043     Document Type: Article

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