Seasonal changes in depth of water uptake for encroaching trees Juniperus virginiana and Pinus ponderosa and two dominant C4 grasses in a semiarid grassland

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-169

  Eggemeyer, Kathleen D ^a   Awada, Tala ^a   Harvey, F Edwin ^a   Wedin, David A ^a   Zhou, Xinhua ^a   Zanner, C William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Plains; Nebraska Sandhills; Panicum virgatum; Schizachyrium scoparium; Stable isotopes; Water potential

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER UPTAKE;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PINUS PONDEROSA; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; JUNIPERUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PONDEROSA PINE; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DEUTERIUM; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; JUNIPERUS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS PONDEROSA; POACEAE; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 64349086615     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpn019     Document Type: Article

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