Ecophysiology of riparian cottonwood and willow before, during, and after two years of soil water removal

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-361

  Hultine, K R ^a   Bush, S E ^a   Ehleringer, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coyote willow; Drought recovery; Ecohydrology; Fremont cottonwood; Leaf 13c; Populus fremontii; Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area; Riparian ecology; Salix exigua; Stem sap flux; Tree rings; USA; Utah

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DROUGHT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROWING SEASON; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESERVOIR; RIPARIAN FOREST; SAP FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WILLOW;

ECOLOGY; POPULUS; SALIX; SOIL; UTAH; WATER;

UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; SALIX; SALIX EXIGUA;

EID: 77950157366     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0492.1     Document Type: Article

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