Water use by fast-growing Eucalyptus urophylla plantations in southern China

Tree Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1035-1044

  Morris, Jim ^a   Ningnan, Zhang ^b   Zengjiang, Yang ^b   Collopy, John ^a   Xu, Daping ^b  

^a Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy conductance; Guangdong; Heat pulse; Sap flow; Soil moisture; Transpiration; Vapor pressure deficit

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; PLANTATION; SANDY SOIL; SAP FLOW; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; LEIZHOU PENINSULA; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA;

EID: 3242728641     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/24.9.1035     Document Type: Article

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