Tree species effects on stand transpiration in northern Wisconsin

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 8-1-8-11

  Ewers, B E ^a   Mackay, D S ^a   Gower, S T ^a   Ahl, D E ^a   Burrows, S N ^a   Samanta, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Sapwood; Water transport; Wetlands; Whole tree water use

Indexed keywords

TRANSPIRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; VEGETATION;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

WATER RESOURCES;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; SAP FLOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPIRATION; TREE;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ABIES; ALNUS INCANA; BETULACEAE; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0036661721     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000830     Document Type: Article

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