Contrasting physiological responses of two co-occurring eucalypts to seasonal drought at restored bauxite mine sites

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1052-1066

  Szota, Christopher ^a   Farrell, Claire ^a   Koch, John M ^b   Lambers, Hans ^a   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Corymbia calophylla; drought resistance; ecological restoration; Eucalyptus marginata; osmotic adjustment; photosynthesis; stomatal conductance; water relations

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; BAUXITE; COEXISTENCE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; HYDRATION; MINE; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TOLERANCE; VOLUME; WATER RELATIONS;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MINING; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; SEASON;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DROUGHTS; EUCALYPTUS; MINING; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; WATER;

AUSTRALIA;

CORYMBIA CALOPHYLLA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 80054695298     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr085     Document Type: Article

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