Species distribution and crown decline are associated with contrasting water relations in four common sympatric eucalypt species in southwestern Australia

Plant and Soil

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 409-423

  Poot, Pieter ^a,b   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Climate change; Drought; Sapflow; Water potential; Woody perennials

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; OVERSTORY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SYMPATRY; VULNERABILITY; WETTING FRONT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84873708896     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1452-8     Document Type: Article

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