Influence of Seasonal Variations in Soil Water Availability on Gas Exchange of Tropical Canopy Trees

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-164

  Stahl, Clément ^a   Burban, Benoit ^a   Wagner, Fabien ^b   Goret, Jean Yves ^a   Bompy, Félix ^a   Bonal, Damien ^a,c  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

French Guiana; Photosynthesis; Predawn leaf water potential; Rain forest; Relative extractable water; Respiration; Soil drought; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS EXCHANGE; RAINFOREST; ROOT SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER AVAILABILITY;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 84874488015     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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