Hydraulic lift through transpiration suppression in shrubs from two arid ecosystems: Patterns and control mechanisms

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 855-865

  Prieto, Iván ^a   Martínez Tillería, Karina ^b,c   Martínez Manchego, Luis ^d   Montecinos, Sonia ^b,c   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a   Squeo, Francisco A ^b,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN AGUSTÍN DE AREQUIPA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Hydraulic lift; Mediterranean shrubs; Soil texture; Soil water potential; Transpiration suppression

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LOAMY SAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHRUB; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSPIRATION;

CHILE; SPAIN;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA BARRELIERI; FLOURENSIA THURIFERA; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; SENNA;

SOIL; WATER;

ANALYSIS; ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FABACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; SPAIN;

ASTERACEAE; CHILE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SOIL; SPAIN; WATER;

EID: 77954538300     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1615-3     Document Type: Article

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