Water relations and mineral nutrition of closely related woody plant species on desert dunes and interdunes

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-43

  Grigg, Alasdair M ^a   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a   Lambers, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DUNE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RELATIONS; WOODY PLANT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT SANDY DESERT [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS VICTRIX; GREVILLEA;

EID: 38949087201     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT06205     Document Type: Article

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