Can hydraulic redistribution put bread on our table?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 25-29

  Burgess, Stephen S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Competition for water; Hydraulic lift; Hydraulic redistribution; Intercropping; Safety net hypothesis; Water safety net; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; INTERCROPPING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

EID: 79952615906     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0638-1     Document Type: Article

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