Stem-mediated hydraulic redistribution in large roots on opposing sides of a Douglas-fir tree following localized irrigation

New Phytologist

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 932-943

  Nadezhdina, Nadezhda ^a   Steppe, Kathy ^d   De Pauw, Dirk Jw ^b   Bequet, Raphael ^c   Čermak, Jan ^a   Ceulemans, Reinhart ^c  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b Beekstraat 23B ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heat field deformation; Localized irrigation; Partial root zone drying; Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir); Radial sap flux profile; Sap flow; Stem mediated hydraulic redistribution; Water transport

Indexed keywords

WATER;

IRRIGATION; ROOT; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; VASCULAR PLANT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DOUGLAS FIR; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SOIL; TREE; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DROUGHTS; IRRIGATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PSEUDOTSUGA; SOIL; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 70449482444     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03024.x     Document Type: Article

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