The effect of drought and interspecific interactions on depth of water uptake in deep- and shallow-rooting grassland species as determined by δ18O natural abundance

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4493-4506

  Hoekstra, N J ^a,b   Finn, J A ^a   Hofer, D ^b,c   Luscher A ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84906690872     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-4493-2014     Document Type: Article

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