Drought constraints on transpiration and canopy conductance in mature aspen and jack pine stands

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 64-78

  Bernier, P Y ^a   Bartlett, P ^b   Black, T A ^c   Barr, A ^b   Kljun, N ^d   McCaughey, J H ^e  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Canopy conductance; Climate; Drought; Photosynthesis; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CANOPY; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 33751518302     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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