Wet- vs. dry-season transpiration in an amazonian rain forest palm iriartea deltoidea

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 470-478

  Renninger, Heidi J ^a   Phillips, Nathan ^a   Salvucci, Guido D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian Ecuador; Arecaceae; Palmae; Sap flux; Seasonality; Stomatal closure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EVAPORATION; IRRADIANCE; MONOCOTYLEDON; RAINFOREST; SAP FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATA; TRANSPIRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ECUADOR;

ARECACEAE; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA;

EID: 77955040101     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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