Carbon gain and hydraulic limits on water use differ between size classes of Larrea tridentata

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1121-1129

  Medeiros, Juliana S ^a   Pockman, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon gain; Hydraulic failure; Larrea tridentata; Transpiration; Warm desert; Xylem hydraulic conductance

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COEXISTENCE; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; LEAF AREA; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL PROPERTY; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE; XYLEM;

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 77955171461     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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