Cloud immersion: An important water source for spruce and fir saplings in the southern Appalachian Mountains

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 319-326

  Berry, Z Carter ^a   Hughes, Nicole M ^b   Smith, William K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies fraseri; Fog; IsoSource; Picea rubens; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLOUD WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOG; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PERSISTENCE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SAPLING;

APPALACHIANS;

ABIES; ABIES FRASERI; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN; WATER;

ABIES; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; SPRUCE; TREE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; XYLEM;

ABIES; APPALACHIAN REGION; CLIMATE; DEUTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PICEA; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES; WATER; WEATHER; XYLEM;

EID: 84892836974     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2770-0     Document Type: Article

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