Relationships between canopy transpiration, atmospheric conditions and soil water availability-Analyses of long-term sap-flow measurements in an old Norway spruce forest at the Ore Mountains/Germany

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1023-1034

  Clausnitzer, Falko ^a   Köstner, Barbara ^a   Schwärzel, Kai ^a   Bernhofer, Christian ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canopy precipitation; Extreme events; Inter annual variability; Picea abies; Plant available water; Thinning

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOTING; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; THINNING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; GERMANY;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 79957476196     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.04.007     Document Type: Review

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