Environmental and physiological determinants of carbon isotope discrimination in terrestrial plants

LA Cernusak, N Ubierna, K Winter… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Stable carbon isotope ratios (δ13 C) of terrestrial plants are employed across a diverse
range of applications in environmental and plant sciences; however, the kind of information …

Water use by black wattle (Acacia mearnsii ) : implications for the link between removal of invading trees and catchment streamflow response : working for water

P Dye, C Jarmain - South African Journal of Science, 2004 - journals.co.za
Black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) is one of the most widespread and significant invasive alien
trees in South Africa, and great concern is frequently expressed over its potential effect on …

Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

YS Lin, BE Medlyn, RA Duursma, IC Prentice… - Nature Climate …, 2015 - nature.com
Stomatal conductance (gs) is a key land-surface attribute as it links transpiration, the
dominant component of global land evapotranspiration, and photosynthesis, the driving …

Severe drought effects on ecosystem CO2 and H2O fluxes at three Mediterranean evergreen sites: revision of current hypotheses?

M Reichstein, JD Tenhunen, O Roupsard… - Global Change …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Eddy covariance and sapflow data from three Mediterranean ecosystems were analysed via
top‐down approaches in conjunction with a mechanistic ecosystem gas‐exchange model to …

Carbon and water fluxes over a temperate Eucalyptus forest and a tropical wet/dry savanna in Australia: measurements and comparison with MODIS remote sensing …

R Leuning, HA Cleugh, SJ Zegelin… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2005 - Elsevier
Measurements over a period of 33 months are presented for the fluxes of carbon, sensible
heat and water vapour over a tropical wet/dry savanna in northern Queensland (Virginia …

Water use of Prosopis juliflora and its impacts on catchment water budget and rural livelihoods in Afar Region, Ethiopia

H Shiferaw, T Alamirew, S Dzikiti, W Bewket… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Dense impenetrable thickets of invasive trees and shrubs compete with other water users
and thus disrupt ecosystem functioning and services. This study assessed water use by the …

Functional adaptations and trait plasticity of urban trees along a climatic gradient

M Esperon-Rodriguez, PD Rymer, SA Power… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
In urban environments, long-term tree survival and performance requires physiological
tolerance or phenotypic plasticity in plant functional traits. Knowledge of these traits can …

Carbon balance of a tropical savanna of northern Australia

X Chen, LB Hutley, D Eamus - Oecologia, 2003 - Springer
Through estimations of above-and below-ground standing biomass, annual biomass
increment, fine root production and turnover, litterfall, canopy respiration and total soil CO 2 …

Long‐term transpiration change with rainfall decline in a Mediterranean Quercus ilex forest

JM Limousin, S Rambal, JM Ourcival… - Global Change …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In the Mediterranean basin, precipitation is expected to decline as a consequence of climate
change. The response of a Quercus ilex forest in southern France to such a decline in water …

Carbon and water fluxes in an arid-zone Acacia savanna woodland: An analyses of seasonal patterns and responses to rainfall events

D Eamus, J Cleverly, N Boulain, N Grant, R Faux… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2013 - Elsevier
The study of landscape gas exchange in arid and semi-arid regions is less common than
those of more mesic environments, despite their large geographical extent, their importance …