Using multiple trait associations to define hydraulic functional types in plant communities of south-western Australia

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-397

  Mitchell, Patrick J ^a   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a   Lambers, Hans ^a   Burgess, Stephen S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Functional traits; Specific leaf area; Water potential; Water use strategy

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOHYDROLOGY; LAND DEGRADATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RELATIONS; WATER USE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SOIL; TREE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOIL; TREES; WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 55949092238     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1152-5     Document Type: Article

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