Water balance of tropical eucalypt plantations in south-eastern China

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 253-267

  Lane, Patrick N J ^a   Morris, Jim ^a   Ningnan, Zhang ^b   Guangyi, Zhou ^b   Guoyi, Zhou ^c   Daping, Xu ^b  

^a Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

^b Res Institute for Tropical Forestry   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Drainage; Eucalyptus urophylla; Evapotranspiration; Leizhou Peninsula; Soil moisture storage

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST CANOPY; INTERCEPTION; PLANTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TYPE; WATER BUDGET;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; LEIZHOU PENINSULA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA;

EID: 3242695452     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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