Water source partitioning among trees growing on shallow karst soils in a seasonally dry tropical climate

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-36

  Querejeta, José Ignacio ^a,c   Estrada Medina, Héctor ^a,b   Allen, Michael F ^a   Jiménez Osornio, Juan José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Isotopes; Resource partitioning; Rooting depth; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN; WATER;

ADULT; AQUIFER; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DRY SEASON; EVERGREEN TREE; KARST; NICHE PARTITIONING; SOIL; TROPICAL REGION; WATER STRESS; WATER TABLE; WATER UPTAKE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MEXICO; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEASON; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARBON ISOTOPES; DEUTERIUM; MEXICO; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM; FICUS COTINIFOLIA; TALISIA;

EID: 34247398252     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0629-3     Document Type: Article

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