Role of tree stand evapotranspiration in maintaining satisfactory drainage conditions in drained peatlands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1485-1496

  Sarkkola, Sakari ^a   Nieminen, Mika ^a   Ahti, Erkki ^a   Hökkä, Hannu ^a   Koivusalo, Harri ^b   Päivänen, Juhani ^c   Laine, Jukka ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; DRAINAGE CONDITION; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; FINLAND; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LARGE DATASETS; NONLINEAR EFFECT; PEATLAND; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; STAND VOLUME; TREE GROWTH; TREE STANDS; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLE LEVEL; WATER TABLES;

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PEAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

AQUIFERS;

DATA SET; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; PEATLAND; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; WATER TABLE;

FINLAND;

EID: 77958039853     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-084     Document Type: Article

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