Structural adjustments in resprouting trees drive differences in post-fire transpiration

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-136

  Nolan, Rachael H ^a   Mitchell, Patrick J ^b   Bradstock, Ross A ^c   Lane, Patrick N J ^a   Oren, Ram ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

defoliation; epicormic resprouting; gas exchange; sapflow; stomatal conductance; transpiration

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DEFOLIATION; DISTURBANCE; FOLIAGE; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF; LEAF AREA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPROUTING; SAP FLOW; SPACING; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER UPTAKE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFOLIATION; EPICORMIC RESPROUTING; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIRE; GAS EXCHANGE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAP FLOW; SEASON; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SWEATING; TREE;

DEFOLIATION; EPICORMIC RESPROUTING; GAS EXCHANGE; SAPFLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EUCALYPTUS; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 84896750445     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt125     Document Type: Article

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