The transpiration response by four topographically distributed Eucalyptus species, to rainfall occurring during drought in south eastern Australia

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-493

  Eberbach, Philip L ^a   Burrows, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Eucalyptus; Recharge; Root systems; Sap flow; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DROUGHT; HARDWOODS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

ECOHYDROLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; RECHARGE; ROOT SYSTEMS; SAP FLOW;

TRANSPIRATION;

DROUGHT; EUCALYPTUS; FARM CROPS; HARDWOODS; SALINITY; TRANSPIRATION;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS ALBENS; EUCALYPTUS MACRORHYNCHA; EUCALYPTUS SIDEROXYLON; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33748361183     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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