Influence of measurement position on calculating pear tree stem sap flow

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2024-2028

  Sun, Huizhen ^a,b   Kang, Shaozhong ^a,c   Gong, Daozhi ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat pulse method; Measurement positions; Pear tress; Sap flow

Indexed keywords

WATER;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; SAP FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEM; TREE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METABOLISM; PEAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; WATER FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PYRUS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33846422007     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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