Plant water-use efficiency as a metric of urban ecosystem services

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3115-3127

  McCarthy, Heather R ^a,c   Pataki, Diane E ^a   Darrel Jenerette, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Ecosystem costs; Ecosystem services; Sap flux; Urban trees; Water use efficiency (WUE); Water use growth trade off

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COOLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVERGREEN TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SAP FLOW; STEM; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYCHITON; BRACHYCHITON POPULNEUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; FICUS MICROCARPA; GLEDITSIA; GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS; JACARANDA; KOELREUTERIA PANICULATA; LAGERSTROEMIA; LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA;

EID: 84555208193     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0048.1     Document Type: Article

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