Transpiration and water-use efficiency in mixed-species forests versus monocultures: Effects of tree size, stand density and season

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 289-304

  Forrester, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementarity; Facilitation; Plant climate interactions; Plant plant interactions; Production ecology

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEMENTARITY; EVERGREEN TREE; FACILITATION; GROWTH RATE; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ACACIA MEARNSII; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

WATER;

ACACIA; BIODIVERSITY; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; TREE;

ACACIA; BIODIVERSITY; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS; SEASONS; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84933532414     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv011     Document Type: Article

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