Scaling xylem sap flux and soil water balance and calculating variance: A method for partitioning water flux in forests

Annales des Sciences Forestieres

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 191-216

  Oren, Ram ^a   Phillips, Nathan ^a   Katul, Gabriel ^a   Ewers, Brent E ^a   Pataki, Diane E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy transpiration; Sap flux; Soil water balance; Subcanopy evapotranspiration; Variability

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WATER FLUX;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0031971473     PISSN: 00034312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:19980112     Document Type: Article

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