Temporal patterns of water flux in trees and lianas in a Panamanian moist forest

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 116-123

  Phillips, Nathan ^a,d   Oren, Ram ^a   Zimmermann, Reiner ^b   Wright, S Joseph ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Time lag; Transpiration; Xylem sap flux

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CORRELATION METHODS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

LIANAS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0032760365     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050216     Document Type: Article

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