Effects of woody plants on microclimate in a semiarid woodland: Soil temperature and evaporation in canopy and intercanopy patches

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1010-1017

  Breshears, David D ^a   Nyhan, John W ^a   Heil, Christopher E ^a   Wilcox, Bradford P ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCLIMATE; WOODLAND;

JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 0032418054     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314083     Document Type: Article

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