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 …
Stomatal conductance (gs) is a key land-surface attribute as it links transpiration, the dominant component of global land evapotranspiration, and photosynthesis, the driving …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In urban environments, long-term tree survival and performance requires physiological tolerance or phenotypic plasticity in plant functional traits. Knowledge of these traits can …
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 …
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 …
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 …