The fate of hydraulically redistributed water in a semi-arid zone eucalyptus species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 649-658

  Brooksbank, Kim ^a   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a   White, Donald A ^a,b   Carter, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

deuterium; efflux; groundwater use; hydraulic redistribution; salinity

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DEUTERIUM; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXUDATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRRIGATION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SALINITY; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SOIL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EUCALYPTUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SOIL; WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS KOCHII;

EID: 79960796880     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr052     Document Type: Article

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