Donovan L A, Ehleringer J R. 1994. Water stress and use of summer precipitation in a Great Basin shrub community. Funct Ecol, 8: 289-297
[2]
Drake P L, Franks P J. 2003. Water resource partitioning, stem xylem hydraulic properties, and plant water use strategies in a seasonally dry riparian tropical rainforest. Oecologia, 137: 321-329
[3]
Ehleringer J R, Phillips S L, Schuster W S F, et al. 1991. Differential utilization of summer rains by desert plants: Implication for competition and climate change. Oecologica, 88: 430-434
[4]
Flanagan L B, Ehleringer J R, Marshall J D. 1992. Differential uptake of summer precipitation and groundwater among occurring trees and shrubs in the southwestern United States. Plant Cell Environ, 15: 831-836
[5]
Hao X M, Chen Y N, Li W H, et al. 2010. Hydraulic lift in Populus euphratica Oliv from the desert riparian vegetation of the Tarim River Basin. J Arid Environ, 74: 905-911
[6]
Simmons M T, Archer S R, Teague W R, et al. 2008. Tree (Prosopis glandulosa) effects on grass growth: An experimental assessment of above and below ground interactions in a temperate savanna. J Arid Environ, 72: 314-325
[7]
Villagra P E, Giordano C, Alvarez J A, et al. 2011. To be a plant in the desert: Water use strategies and water stress resistance in the Central Monte desert from Argentina. Ecologia Austral, 21: 29-42
[8]
Xavier C, Cornelis V L, Denis D, et al. 2001. Stem water potential is a sensitive indicator of grapevine water status. Ann Bot, 87: 477-483
Dodd M B, Lauenroth W K, Welker J M. 1998. Differential water resource use by herbaceous and woody plant life-forms in a shortgrass steppe community. Oecologia, 117: 504-512
Atklnson C J, Policarpo, Webster M, et a1. 2000. Drought tolerance of clonal Malus determined from measurements of stomatal conductance and leaf water potential. Tree Physio1, 20: 557-563
[33]
Callaway R M, Pennings S C, Richards C L. 2003. Phenotypic plasticity and interactions among plants. Ecology, 84: 1115-1128
[34]
Chen Y N, Chen Y P, Xu C C, et al. 2010. Effects of ecological of water conveyance on groundwater dynamics and riparian vegetation in the lower reaches of Tarim River, China. Hydrol Process, 24: 170-177
[35]
Cutchan M, Sehackel H K A. 1992. Stem water potential as a sensitive indicator of water stress in prune trees (Prunus domesmtica L.). J Am Soc Hort Sci, 117: 607-611
[36]
Jacobsen A L, Brandon P R, Maynard M L, et al. 2009. Plant community water use and invisibility of semi-arid shrublands by woody species in Southern California. Madrono, 56: 213-220
[37]
Kizito F, Dragila M, Sene M, et al. 2006. Seasonal soil water variation and root patterns between two semi-arid shrubs co-existing with pearl millet in Senegal, West Africa. J Arid Environ, 67: 436-455
[38]
Martens S N, Breshears D D, Meyer C W, et al. 1997. Scales of above-ground and below-ground competition in a semi-arid woodland detected from spatial pattern. J Veg Sci, 8: 655-664
[39]
Meyer K M, Ward D, Wiegand K, et al. 2007. Multi-proxy evidence for competition between savanna woody species. Perspect Plant Ecol, 10: 63-72
[40]
Mrema A F, Granhall U. 1997. Sennerby-Forsse plant growth, leaf water potential, nitrogenase activity and nodule anatomy in Leucaena leucocephala as affected by water stress and nitrogen availability. Trees-Struct Funct, 12: 42-48
[41]
Ohte N, Koba K, Yoshikawa K, et al. 2003. Water utilization of natural and planted trees in the semiarid desert of Inner Mongolia. China Ecol Appl, 13: 337-345
[42]
Rodriguez M V, Bertiller M B, Bisigato A. 2007. Are fine roots of both shrubs and perennial grasses able to occupy the upper soil layer? A case study in the arid Patagonian Monte with non-seasonal precipitation. Plant and Soil, 300: 281-288
