Controls on stand transpiration and soil water utilization along a tree density gradient in a Neotropical savanna

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 839-849

  Bucci, Sandra J ^a   Scholz, Fabian G ^a   Goldstein, Guillermo ^b,c   Hoffmann, William A ^d   Meinzer, Frederick C ^e   Franco, Augusto C ^f   Giambelluca, Thomas ^g   Miralles Wilhelm, Fernando ^h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy resistance; Cerrado; Leaf area index; Sap flow; Soil water potential

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; EVAPORATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SAP FLOW; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STORAGE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 43949097557     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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