Contrasting responses to water deficits of Nothofagus species from tropical New Guinea and high-latitude temperate forests: Can rainfall regimes constrain latitudinal range?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1962-1976

  Read, Jennifer ^a   Hill, Robert S ^b,c   Hope, Geoffrey S ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deciduous; Drought resistance; Evergreen; Nothofagus; Temperate rain forest; Tropical rain forest; Vegetation zonation; Water relations

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOREGION; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NATIVE SPECIES; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; SEASONALITY; SEEDING; SHOOT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER UPTAKE;

ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; CHILE; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW GUINEA; NEW ZEALAND;

NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS CUNNINGHAMII;

EID: 77957026996     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02346.x     Document Type: Article

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