A canopy-scale test of the optimal water-use hypothesis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-111

  Schymanski, Stanislaus J ^a,e   Roderick, Michael L ^b   Sivapalan, Murugesu ^a,f   Hutley, Lindsay B ^c   Beringer, Jason ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

E A; Adaptation; Assimilation; Optimization; Photosynthesis; Transpiration; Vegetation optimality

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; CANOPY EXCHANGE; CANOPY GAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EDDY COVARIANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAVANNA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TIME; TREE;

AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 36749030642     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01740.x     Document Type: Article

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