Hawaiian native forest conserves water relative to timber plantation: Species and stand traits influence water use

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1429-1443

  Kagawa, Aurora ^a   Sack, Lawren ^a,b   Duarte, Ka'eo ^a,c   James, Shelley ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Kamehemeha Schools   (United States)

^d BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

' hi'a; Ecohydrology; Ecosystem services; Forest water budget; H pu'u; Hawaii, USA; Heat balance collar; Heat dissipation sensor; Sap flow; Scaling; Tropical forest; Watershed

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AFFORESTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAP FLOW; SECONDARY FOREST; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; FRAXINUS; MYRTACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; FRAXINUS; HAWAII; MYRTACEAE; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CIBOTIUM; CIBOTIUM GLAUCUM; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA; FILICOPHYTA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS UHDEI; METROSIDEROS MACROPUS; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

EID: 69449103751     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1704.1     Document Type: Article

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