Water sources accessed by arid zone riparian trees in highly saline environments, Australia

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Costelloe, Justin F ^a   Payne, Emily ^a,b   Woodrow, Ian E ^a   Irvine, Elizabeth C ^a   Western, Andrew W ^a   Leaney, Fred W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus coolabah; Lake Eyre Basin; Matric potential; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EVERGREEN TREE; GROUNDWATER; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SALINITY; SOIL; TREE; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; CHLORIDES; EUCALYPTUS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RIVERS; SALINITY; SOIL; TREES; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 42149101205     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0975-4     Document Type: Article

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