Do hydraulic redistribution and nocturnal transpiration facilitate nutrient acquisition in Aspalathus linearis?

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1129-1142

  Matimati, Ignatious ^a   Anthony Verboom, G ^a   Cramer, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Floristic Region; Fynbos; Hydraulic lift; Mass flow; Nighttime transpiration

Indexed keywords

ASPALATHUS; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS;

SOIL;

ASPALATHUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ASPALATHUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84904662678     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2987-6     Document Type: Article

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