Interspecific variation in leaf water use associated with drought tolerance in four emergent dipterocarp species of a tropical rain forest in Borneo

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-377

  Hiromi, Toru ^a   Ichie, Tomoaki ^b   Kenzo, Tanaka ^c   Ninomiya, Ikuo ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; El Ni o; Leaf water use; Unusual drought; Wood density

Indexed keywords

CANOPY LEAVES; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DIPTEROCARPS; DIPTEROCARPUS; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCES; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATIONS; LEAF WATER; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; MALAYSIA; SANDY SOILS; SARAWAK; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION RATES; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WATER USE; WOOD DENSITY;

AGRONOMY; CLAY MINERALS; DROUGHT; HARDWOODS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; CLAY SOIL; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EL NINO; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF; MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TOLERANCE; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER USE;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; LEAVES; MALAYSIA; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; STORAGE; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; WATER; WOOD DENSITY;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DIPTEROCARPUS PACHYPHYLLUS; DRYOBALANOPS AROMATICA; SHOREA; SHOREA PARVIFOLIA; SHOREA SMITHIANA;

EID: 84864316988     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-011-0303-4     Document Type: Article

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