Heat balance measurements to quantify sap flow in thin stems only?

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 75-94

  Herzog, Karl Martin ^a   Thum, Roland ^a   Zweifel, Roman ^a   Häsler, Rudolf ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0031026439     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02355-6     Document Type: Article

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