Tree and stand transpiration in a Midwestern bur oak savanna after elm encroachment and restoration thinning

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 209-219

  Asbjornsen, H ^a   Tomer, M D ^b   Gomez Cardenas, M ^a   Brudvig, L A ^a   Greenan, C M ^b   Schilling, K ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

^c Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Oak savanna; Restoration thinning; Sap flow; Transpiration; Woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

RESTORATION THINNING; SAP FLOW; WOODY ENCROACHMENT;

ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOHYDROLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAP FLOW; SAVANNA; THINNING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER TABLE; WOODLAND;

ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; QUERCUS; TRANSPIRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS MACROCARPA; ULMUS; ULMUS AMERICANA;

EID: 34447294009     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.043     Document Type: Article

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