Determining water use by trees and forests from isotopic, energy balance and transpiration analyses: The roles of tree size and hydraulic lift

Tree Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 263-272

  Dawson, Todd E ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Bowen ratio; Groundwater; Hydrogen stable isotopes; Sap flow; Size class; Soil water

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0000092875     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.1-2.263     Document Type: Article

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