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Indices of plant water status: some comparisons within and between crop species.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Shepherd, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Relationships between leaf relative water content (RWC), esmotic potential ( pi ), leaf water potential ( psi ) and leaf diffusion resistance (LDR) ar...

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Water relations: a new dimension for niche separation between Bouteloua gracilis and Agropyron smithii in North American semi-arid grasslands.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Sala, O. E. & Lauenroth, W. K. & Reid, C. P. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In studies on the dynamics of leaf water status and stomatal behaviour, B. gracilis and A. smithii [Elymus smithii] showed remarkably different stomat...

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Growth and water use of Lolium perenne. II Plant growth.

Published online: 07 Jul 1972

Authors: Lawlor, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Lolium perenne plants leaf and root extension growth decreased by 50% when plant water potential decreased from -3 bar to -6 bar and growth stopped...

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The physiology of drought resistance in the soy-bean plant (Glycine max). 1. The relationship between drought resistance and growth.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Read, D. J. & Bartlett, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soyabeans were grown in pots at 20, 40, 60, 80 or 100% of field capacity or were allowed to wilt 1-5 times during the growth cycle. Small decreases in...

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Transport of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.

Published online: 03 Nov 1965

Authors: Cowan, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water movement in response to gradients of water potential in the soil-plant-atmosphere catena is considered. An approximate solution is presented of ...

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Ecophysiology of tropical dry evergreen forest, Thailand: measured and modelled stomatal conductance of Hopea ferrea, a dominant canopy emergent.

Published online: 19 May 1997

Authors: Pitman, J. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The diurnal variation in leaf stomatal conductance of 3 canopy emergent trees (Hopea ferrea) was measured on 13 days over a 6-wk period (August-Septem...

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Evidence of water conservation mechanisms in several subarctic wetland species.

Published online: 30 Apr 1997

Authors: Blanken, P. D. & Rouse, W. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The hypothesis that subarctic hygrophilous plant species show poorly developed mechanisms for water conservation was tested by measuring the stomatal ...

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A technique for determining resistance to mass transfer through the boundary layers of plants with complex structure.

Published online: 16 Nov 1969

Authors: Landsberg, J. J. & Ludlow, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shoots of Picea sitchensis and Calluna vulgaris were covered with a thin layer of gypsum, which held sufficient water to give good estimates of evapor...

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Ecohydrological changes in the Murray-Darling Basin. II. Development and tests of a water balance model.

Published online: 21 Jun 1995

Authors: Hatton, T. J. & Pierce, L. L. & Walker, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The hydrological part of the FOREST-BGC model was originally developed to estimate evaporation (ET) loss from coniferous forests in the USA. Applicati...

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An automatic multichannel thermocouple psychrometer based on an operational amplifier.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Lawlor, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An automatic multichannel selector system and a simple, inexpensive amplifier are described for recording the output from Richards and Ogata droplet t...

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