The role of epiphytes in the interception and evaporation of rainfall in old-growth Douglas-fir forests in the Pacific Northwest

26th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 5-10

  Pypker, T G ^a   Bond, B J ^a   Unsworth, M H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTES; CANOPY STORAGE; EPIPHYTES; FIR FORESTS;

BIOMASS; EVAPORATION; HARVESTING; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMISTORS; WATER;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; BIOMASS; FOREST CANOPY; HARVESTING; HYDROLOGY; LICHENS; PRECIPITATION; WATER;

EID: 22144480313     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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