Rates of nocturnal transpiration in two evergreen temperate woodland species with differing water-use strategies

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 988-1000

  Zeppel, Melanie ^a,c   Tissue, David ^b   Taylor, Daniel ^a   MacInnis Ng, Catriona ^a   Eamus, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cuticular conductance; eucalypt woodland; night time sap flow; nocturnal transpiration; stem refilling; stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

WATER;

EVERGREEN FOREST; MICROCLIMATE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SAP FLOW; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WIND VELOCITY; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METABOLISM; MYRTACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; EUCALYPTUS; MYRTACEAE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

ANGOPHORA BAKERI; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS PARRAMATTENSIS;

EID: 77955059861     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq053     Document Type: Article

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