Water-use efficiency within a selection of indigenous and exotic tree species in South Africa as determined using sap flow and biomass measurements

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 846, Issue , 2009, Pages 323-330

  Gush, M B ^a   Dye, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Forestry; Heat pulse velocity; Heat ratio method; Transpiration; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649151043     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.846.37     Document Type: Article

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