Vulnerability of native savanna trees and exotic Khaya senegalensis to seasonal drought

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 783-791

  Arndt, Stefan K ^a,b   Sanders, Gregor J ^a   Bristow, Mila ^c   Hutley, Lindsay B ^c   Beringer, Jason ^d   Livesley, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydraulic vulnerability; Leaf area index; Osmotic adjustment; Plantation; Water potential; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF AREA INDEX; NATIVE SPECIES; OSMOSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; WEST AFRICA;

EUCALYPTUS TETRODONTA; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; SWIETENIA;

ADAPTATION; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; MELIACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; GRASSLAND; MELIACEAE; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84939616875     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv037     Document Type: Article

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