Water uptake and hydraulic redistribution across large woody root systems to 20 m depth

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2132-2148

  Bleby, Timothy M ^a   Mcelrone, Andrew J ^b   Jackson, Robert B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caves; Deep roots; Ecohydrology; Gum bumelia; Heat Ratio Method; Live oak; Mesquite; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CAVE SYSTEM; DEEP WATER; DICOTYLEDON; ECOHYDROLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SAP FLOW; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; TRANSPIRATION; WATER UPTAKE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PROSOPIS; SAPOTACEAE; SEASON; SOIL; TREE; UNITED STATES; WATER CYCLE;

ECOSYSTEM; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PROSOPIS; QUERCUS; SAPOTACEAE; SEASONS; SOIL; TEXAS; TREES; WATER; WATER CYCLE;

BUMELIA; PROSOPIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; SIDEROXYLON LANUGINOSUM LANUGINOSUM;

EID: 78349279560     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02212.x     Document Type: Article

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