Topographical and seasonal trends in transpiration by two co-occurring Eucalyptus species during two contrasting years in a low rainfall environment

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1234-1244

  Yunusa, Isa A M ^a,d   Aumann, Colin D ^b,d   Rab, M A ^b,d   Merrick, Noel ^a   Fisher, Peter D ^b,d   Eberbach, Phil L ^c,d   Eamus, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CRC for Plant Based Management of Dryland Salinity   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Eucalypts; Lateral flow; Ponding; Sapwood area; Sapwood density; Soil water; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GROWTH RATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS MICROCARPA;

EID: 77954761647     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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