Limitations of a compensation heat pulse velocity system at low sap flow: Implications for measurements at night and in shaded trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-184

  Becker, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Greenspan Technology; Measurement variation; Nocturnal; Sap velocity; Sensors; Thermal balance; Thermistor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031898224     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.3.177     Document Type: Article

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