Shifts in leaf and stem hydraulic traits across aridity gradients in eastern Australia

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1292-1301

  Gleason, Sean M ^a   Butler, Don W ^a,b   Waryszak, Paweł ^a,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aridity; Cavitation; Darcy's law; Evaporation; Seasonal precipitation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARIDITY; BIOME; CAVITATION; DARCY LAW; DESICCATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVAPORATION; GROWING SEASON; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAP FLOW; STEM; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84886419472     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673239     Document Type: Article

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