Monsoonal influences on evapotranspiration of savanna vegetation of northern Australia

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 434-443

  Hutley, L B ^a   O'Grady, A P ^a   Eamus, D ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Leaf area index; Surface conductance; Tree water use; Understorey evaporation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MONSOON; SAVANNA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035026946     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000539     Document Type: Article

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