Plant rooting strategies in water-limited ecosystems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Collins, D B G ^a,b   Bras, R L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICIENCIES; WATER LIMITED ECOSYSTEMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GROWTH; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; ROOTING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL; TRANSPIRATION;

EID: 34547230192     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005541     Document Type: Article

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