Quantifying structural and physiological controls on variation in canopy transpiration among planted pine and hardwood species in the southern Appalachians

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-195

  Ford, Chelcy R ^a   Hubbard, Robert M ^b   Vose, James M ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Sap flow; Species; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIANS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DRIVING VARIABLES; GROWING SEASON; HARDWOOD SPECIES; HARDWOOD STANDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES; PINE STAND; PUBLIC DOMAINS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SAP FLOW; SAP FLUX; SPECIES; SPECIES INVASIONS; STAND MANAGEMENT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; STRUCTURAL FACTOR; US GOVERNMENT; VAPOUR PRESSURES;

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

HARDWOODS;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST CANOPY; SAP FLOW; STAND DYNAMICS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PRINUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 79953062969     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.136     Document Type: Article

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