Effects of irrigation on water use and water use efficiency in two fast growing Eucalyptus plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1714-1721

  Hubbard, Robert M ^a   Stape, Jose ^b   Ryan, Michael G ^a,c   Almeida, Auro C ^d   Rojas, Juan ^e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canopy conductance; Eucalyptus grandis urophylla; Sap flow; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

AIR SATURATION DEFICIT; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ARACRUZ; CALIBRATION CURVES; CANOPY CONDUCTANCE; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; LAND AREAS; LEAF AREA; LEAF AREA INDEX; MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING; PER UNIT; POTENTIAL PRODUCTIVITY; PROCESS MODEL; RAINFED; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SAP FLOW; SAP FLOW SENSORS; SAPWOOD AREA; VERACEL; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; MILITARY ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RECYCLING;

EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SAP FLOW; SENSOR; SILVICULTURE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CLIMATES; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; MILITARY ENGINEERING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 77949488561     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.028     Document Type: Article

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