Variation in the radial patterns of sap flux density in pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens) and its implications for tree and stand transpiration measurements

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 537-548

  Poyatos, Rafael ^a   Čermák, Jan ^b   Llorens, Pilar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diurnal variability; Radial patterns; Ring porous species; Scaling; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DEPTH DETERMINATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; SAP FLOW; TRANSPIRATION; TREE RING;

QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

EID: 34248384771     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.4.537     Document Type: Article

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