Tree water storage and its diurnal dynamics related to sap flow and changes in stem volume in old-growth Douglas-fir trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-198

  Čermák, Jan ^a,b   Kučera, Jiří ^c   Bauerle, William L ^d   Phillips, Nathan ^e   Hinckley, Thomas M ^c  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Environmental Measuring Systems Inc   (Czech Republic)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrometer; Flow rate differences; Heat balance method; Time shift; Tissue free water content; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT BALANCE; MOISTURE CONTENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHLOEM; SAP FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSLOCATION; WATER UPTAKE;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33947575782     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.2.181     Document Type: Article

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