Stem water storage and diurnal patterns of water use in tropical forest canopy trees

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 397-406

  Goldstein, G ^a   Andrade, J L ^b   Meinzer, F C ^b   Holbrook, N M ^c   Cavelier, J ^d   Jackson, P ^e   Celis, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Sap flow; Seasonal tropical forest; Transpiration, water storage; Water relations

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; SAP FLOW; TROPICAL TREE; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE;

PANAMA;

ANACARDIUM EXCELSUM; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; CECROPIA; CECROPIA LONGIPES; FICUS INSIPIDA; LUEHEA SEEMANNII; SPONDIAS MOMBIN;

EID: 0031833384     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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