Do hummocks provide a physiological advantage to even the most flood tolerant of tidal freshwater trees?

Wetlands

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 399-408

  Duberstein, Jamie A ^a   Krauss, Ken W ^b   Conner, William H ^a   Bridges Jr , William C ^a   Shelburne, Victor B ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baldcypress; Flooding; Hummock maintenance; Microtopography; Sapflow; Taxodium distichum; Tidal freshwater swamp

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DISSIPATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLOODING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SAP FLOW; SWAMP;

TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84877738305     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0397-x     Document Type: Article

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