Nighttime transpiration in woody plants from contrasting ecosystems

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 561-575

  Dawson, Todd E ^a,b   Burgess, Stephen S O ^c   Tu, Kevin P ^a   Oliveira, Rafael S ^a,d   Santiago, Louis S ^a,e   Fisher, Joshua B ^b,f   Simonin, Kevin A ^a   Ambrose, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nighttime stomatal conductance; Porometry; Sap flow; Water balance; Water relations; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SAP FLOW; SHRUB; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

EID: 34247392440     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.4.561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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