The influence of thinning on components of stand water balance in a ponderosa pine forest stand during and after extreme drought

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 266-276

  Simonin, K ^a   Kolb, T E ^a   Montes Helu, M ^a   Koch, G W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Evapotranspiration; Forest management; Pinus ponderosa; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXTREME EVENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; OVERSTORY; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; STAND STRUCTURE; STOMATA; THINNING; THROUGHFALL; WATER BUDGET;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 33947261204     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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