Transpiration efficiency of a tropical pioneer tree (Ficus insipida) in relation to soil fertility

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3549-3566

  Cernusak, Lucas A ^a   Winter, Klaus ^a   Aranda, Jorge ^a   Turner, Benjamin L ^a   Marshall, John D ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Oxygen isotope; Soil fertility; Transpiration efficiency; Tropical tree

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPES;

RELATIVE GROWTH RATE (RGR); SOIL FERTILITY; TRANSPIRATION EFFICIENCY (TE);

TRANSPIRATION;

CARBON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FICUS; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARBON; FICUS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PANAMA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZERS; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPES; TRANSPIRATION; TREES;

FICUS INSIPIDA; INSECTIVORA;

EID: 36849044712     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm201     Document Type: Article

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