The impact of soil moisture on stem growth of spruce forest during a 22-year period

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 166, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 17-33

  Alavi, Ghasem ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Soil water deficit; Soil water retention; Tree growth; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; Water balance; Water stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER LEVELS;

WATER STRESS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER STRESS;

SWEDEN;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0036680456     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00661-2     Document Type: Article

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