Diurnal patterns of water use in Eucalyptus victrix indicate pronounced desiccation-rehydration cycles despite unlimited water supply

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1041-1051

  Pfautsch, Sebastian ^a   Keitel, Claudia ^a   Turnbull, Tarryn L ^a   Braimbridge, Mike J ^b   Wright, Thomas E ^c   Simpson, Robert R ^a   O'Brien, Jessica A ^a   Adams, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Water ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

capacitance; conductance; Eucalyptus; nighttime water transport; refill; riparian; seasonality; semi arid Australia; wood density

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CARBON BALANCE; DESICCATION; DIAMETER; DIURNAL VARIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; STABILIZATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS VICTRIX;

EID: 80054706747     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr082     Document Type: Article

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