A comparison of daily water use estimates derived from constant-heat sap-flow probe values and gravimetric measurements in pot-grown saplings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1355-1360

  Mcculloh, Katherine A ^a   Winter, Klaus ^b   Meinzer, Frederick C ^c   Garcia, Milton ^b   Aranda, Jorge ^b   Lachenbruch, Barbara ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Calophyllum longifolium; Granier sensors; Pseudobombax septenatum; Validation; Variable length probes

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVIMETRY; SAP FLOW; SAPLING; WATER USE;

CALOPHYLLUM; CALOPHYLLUM LONGIFOLIUM; PSEUDOBOMBAX SEPTENATUM;

EID: 34548407428     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.9.1355     Document Type: Article

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