Estimating tree canopy water use via xylem sapflow in an old Norway spruce forest and a comparison with simulation-based canopy transpiration estimates

Annales des Sciences Forestieres

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 125-139

  Köstner, Barbara ^a   Falge, Eva M ^a   Alsheimer, Martina ^a   Geyer, Ralf ^a   Tenhunen, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest conductance; Forest transpiration; Night water uptake; Picea abies; Stand gas exchange model

Indexed keywords

FOREST CONOPY; NORWAY SPRUCE; SAPFLOW; TRANSPIRATION;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0031961035     PISSN: 00034312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:19980108     Document Type: Article

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