Dry-season leaf flushing of Enterolobium cyclocarpum (ear-pod tree): Above- and belowground phenology and water relations

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1561-1568

  Rojas Jiménez, Keilor ^a,b   Holbrook, Noel M ^c   Gutiérrez Soto, Marco V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine roots; Hydraulic architecture; Leaf expansion; Sap flow; Stomatal conductance; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DRY FOREST; DRY SEASON; FINE ROOT; GROWTH; LEAF; PHENOLOGY; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER RELATIONS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; SANTA ROSA NATIONAL PARK;

ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM;

EID: 36749000627     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.11.1561     Document Type: Article

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