Microclimatic responses to different thinning intensities in a Japanese cedar plantation of northern Taiwan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 241, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 91-100

  Weng, Shih Hao ^a   Kuo, Shing Rong ^a   Guan, Biing T ^a   Chang, Tsung Yi ^a   Hsu, Hsin Wu ^a   Shen, Chieh Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Soil temperature; Soil water potential; Water vapor pressure deficit

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; WATER VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; MICROCLIMATE; PLANTATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; THINNING; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

PLANTS; SOIL; THINNING; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 33847248849     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.12.027     Document Type: Article

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