Water stress vulnerability of four Banksia species in contrasting ecohydrological habitats on the Gnangara Mound, Western Australia

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-72

  Canham, Caroline A ^a   Froend, Raymond H ^a   Stock, William D ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Huber value; Hydraulic conductivity; Phreatophyte; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CAVITATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; VULNERABILITY; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEHYDRATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XYLEM;

DEHYDRATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PROTEACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; XYLEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GNANGARA MOUND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; BANKSIA ATTENUATA; BANKSIA ILICIFOLIA; BANKSIA LITTORALIS; BANKSIA MENZIESII;

EID: 57249103716     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01904.x     Document Type: Article

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