Foliar water uptake: A common water acquisition strategy for plants of the redwood forest

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 449-459

  Limm, Emily Burns ^a   Simonin, Kevin A ^a   Bothman, Aron G ^a   Dawson, Todd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Leaf wetness; Nocturnal conductance; Stable isotopes; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEUTERIUM; DROUGHT; FERN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHRUB; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEQUOIA; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ABSORPTION; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; SEQUOIA; TREES; WATER;

FILICOPHYTA; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 70349293641     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1400-3     Document Type: Article

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