Tree water uptake in a tropical plantation varying in tree diversity: Interspecific differences, seasonal shifts and complementarity

Ecohydrology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Schwendenmann, Luitgard ^a   Pendall, Elise ^b,f   Sanchez Bragado, Rut ^c   Kunert, Norbert ^d   Hölscher, Dirk ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leaf phenology; Panama; Species composition; Tree transpiration; Water stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; DROUGHT; ISOTOPES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RESOURCES;

ACQUISITION STRATEGIES; INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCES; LEAF PHENOLOGY; PANAMA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TROPICAL PLANTATIONS; WATER RESOURCE UTILIZATION; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

FORESTRY;

FORESTS; PLANTATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPIRATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANACARDIUM EXCELSUM; CEDRELA ODORATA; HURA CREPITANS; LUEHEA SEEMANNII; TABEBUIA ROSEA;

EID: 84921597589     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1479     Document Type: Article

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