Sources of error in stem heat balance sap flow measurements

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-121

  Grime, V L ^a   Sinclair, F L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constant power; Errors; Nigeria; Sap flow; Stem heat balance

Indexed keywords

STEM;

EID: 0033586651     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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