Comparative water use of native and invasive plants at multiple scales: A global meta-analysis

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2705-2715

  Cavaleri, Molly A ^a,b   Lawren, Sack ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Invasive plants; Leaf water potential; Native plants; Sap flow; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BOOTSTRAPPING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; META-ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT; SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; WATER;

EID: 77956598636     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0582.1     Document Type: Article

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