Bole water content shows little seasonal variation in century-old Douglas-fir trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 737-747

  Beedlow, Peter A ^a   Tingey, David T ^a   Waschmann, Ronald S ^a   Phillips, Donald L ^a   Johnson, Mark G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal area increment; Bole water storage; Cambial phenology; Relative water content; Soil water; Summer drought; ThetaProbe; Wood formation

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 34250850167     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.5.737     Document Type: Article

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