Estimating stand water use of large mountain ash trees and validation of the sap flow measurement technique

Tree Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 747-756

  Vertessy, R A ^a,d   Hatton, T J ^a   Reece, P ^a,d   O'Sullivan, S K ^b,d   Benyon, R G ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^d Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus regnans; Flow variability; Forest catchment; Runoff; Sap velocity; Stand age

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN ASH; SAP FLOW TECHNIQUE; WATER USE;

ALIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; FRAXINUS; MYRTACEAE; SORBUS;

EID: 0030710951     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/17.12.747     Document Type: Article

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