Relating water use to morphology and environment of Nothofagus from the world’s most southern forests

• Published in: Trees
• Main Authors: Pfautsch, Sebastian, Peri, Pablo Luis, Macfarlane, Craig, Ogtrop, Floris van, Adams, Mark A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Stand Transpiration; Crown Area; Leaf Area; Sapwood Area; Climate; Nothofagus Antarctica; Nothofagus Pumilio; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Patagonia; Argentina; Pablo; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/32591

A pronounced environmental gradient dictates the dominance of Nothofagus in the foothills on the eastern side of the Andes Mountains in Patagonia, Argentina. Below 50° southern latitude, open forests of Nothofagus antarctica (ñire) dominate the landscape towards the Patagonian steppe where annual ra...