Use of a weighing lysimeter system to assess the effects of trampling on evapotranspiration of montane plant communities

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 675-683

  Scott, David ^a   Bayfield, Neil G ^a   Cernusca, Alexander ^a   Elston, David A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptogams; Evapotranspiration; Montane vegetation; Recreation; Trampling; Weighing lysimeter

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LYSIMETERS; VEGETATION; WATER;

GLASSHOUSE EXPERIMENTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; LYSIMETER; PLANT COMMUNITY; TRAMPLING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AGROSTIS; CALLUNA; FESTUCA; HYLOCOMIUM; RACOMITRIUM; TRACHEOPHYTA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 0036360584     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b02-049     Document Type: Article

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