Wintertime photosynthesis and water uptake in a boreal forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 749-757

  Sevanto, Sanna ^a,c   Suni, Tanja ^b   Pumpanen, Jukka ^a   Grönholm, Tiia ^a   Kolari, Pasi ^a   Nikinmaa, Eero ^a   Hari, Pertti ^a   Vesala, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Evapotranspiration; Flux; Freezing; Latent heat release; Pinus sylvestris; Sap flow; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Stem diameter variation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOREAL FOREST; DROUGHT STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; FIELD SURVEY; FROZEN GROUND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPIRATION; WATER UPTAKE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33745683437     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.6.749     Document Type: Article

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