Sapflow and water use of freshwater wetland trees exposed to saltwater incursion in a tidally influenced South Carolina watershed

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 525-535

  Krauss, Ken W ^a   Duberstein, Jamie A ^b  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; FORESTED WETLANDS; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SITE CONDITIONS; SITE EFFECTS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SURVIVAL TIME; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TREE SIZE; WATER USE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FORESTRY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SALINE WATER;

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION; SAP FLOW; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SURVIVAL; WATER USE; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

BOD; FORESTRY; SALINITY; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 77949635044     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x09-204     Document Type: Article

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