Evaluating the effect of drier and warmer conditions on water use by Quercus pyrenaica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1719-1730

  Hernández Santana, Virginia ^a   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^b,c   Martínez Fernández, José ^a   Williams, Mathew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mediterranean climatic conditions; Soil water content; Soil Plant Atmosphere model; Thermal dissipation method; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CLIMATE CONDITION; DRY SEASONS; FOREST PRODUCTION; HARVARD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; IN-SITU; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; LOCAL MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; MEDITERRANEAN OAK; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PARAMETERIZED; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; RAINFALL EVENT; SAP FLOW; SAP FLOW MEASUREMENTS; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER STORAGE; SOIL-VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE TRANSFER MODELS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; STUDY AREAS; SUMMER DROUGHTS; THERMAL DISSIPATION METHOD; VEGETATION TYPE; VERIFICATION DATA; WARMER CONDITIONS; WATER DEFICITS; WATER USE; WILLIAMS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CAPILLARY FLOW; CELL MEMBRANES; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; SOIL MOISTURE; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSPIRATION; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISSIPATION; DROUGHT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER CONTENT; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE;

CELLS; CLIMATES; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; MEMBRANES; MODELS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLANTS; SOIL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ACER; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 69049120112     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.038     Document Type: Article

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