Stand-level gas-exchange responses to seasonal drought in very young versus old Douglas-fir forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 959-974

  Wharton, Sonia ^a,b   Schroeder, Matt ^c   Bible, Ken ^c   Falk, Matthias ^a   Paw U, Kyaw Tha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

AmeriFlux; Canopy conductance; Eddy covariance; Evapotranspiration; Pseudotsuga menziesii; The PriestleyTaylor coefficient; Wind River

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOWEN RATIO; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; MATURATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DOUGLAS FIR; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GAS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; GASES; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PSEUDOTSUGA; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 67349146892     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp039     Document Type: Article

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