Direct measurement of groundwater uptake through tree roots in a cave

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 644-649

  Doody, Tanya M ^a   Benyon, Richard G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Forest; Pinus radiata; Sapflow; Sapwood area; Unconfined aquifer; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FOREST; PINUS RADIATA; SAPFLOW; SAPWOOD AREA; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WATER BALANCE;

AQUIFERS; CAVES; FLOW OF WATER; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SENSORS; WATER SUPPLY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CAVE; GROUNDWATER; LIMESTONE; ROOT; TREE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFERS; AUSTRALIA; EXTRACTION; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GROUND WATER; HYDRAULICS; PINUS RADIATA; PLANTS; SAP WOOD; SOLVENTS; WATER; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 80053051547     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.152     Document Type: Article

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