Linking leaf and tree water use with an individual-tree model

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1687-1699

  Medlyn, Belinda E ^a,b   Pepper, David A ^a   O'Grady, Anthony P ^c   Keith, Heather ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy modeling; Eucalyptus delegatensis; Gas exchange; Scaling; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST CANOPY; GAS EXCHANGE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LEAF; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DELEGATENSIS;

EID: 37849031479     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.12.1687     Document Type: Article

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