Impact of soil drought on sap flow and water status of evergreen trees in a tropical monsoon forest in northern Thailand

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 238, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 220-230

  Kume, Tomonori ^a,b   Takizawa, Hideki ^c   Yoshifuji, Natsuko ^b,f   Tanaka, Katsunori ^d   Tantasirin, Chatchai ^e   Tanaka, Nobuaki ^b,f   Suzuki, Masakazu ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Evergreen forest; Sap flow; Soil water stress; Water potential

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; IRRIGATION; RAIN; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION;

EVERGREEN FOREST; MONSOON; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER STRESS; WATER POTENTIAL;

FORESTRY;

DROUGHT STRESS; DRY SEASON; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLOW VELOCITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MONSOON; SAP FLOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICAL REGION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

DROUGHT; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLANTS; RAIN; SOIL; TRANSPIRATION; TREES;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 33845999621     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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