Variations in the radial gradient of sap velocity in trunks of forest and fruit trees

Plant and Soil

Volumn 305, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 49-59

  Cohen, Yehezkel ^a   Cohen, Shabtai ^a   Cantuarias Aviles, Tatiana ^b   Schiller, Gabriel ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azimuthal variations; Conductive sapwood; Radial distribution of volumetric flow; T max heat pulse method

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; RADIAL FLOW; SAP FLOW;

CITRUS SINENSIS; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; ILEX; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS CALLIPRINOS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS MACROLEPIS; QUERCUS ROTUNDIFOLIA; ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 41049118135     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9351-0     Document Type: Article

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