Application of eddy covariance to determine ecosystem-scale carbon balance and evapotranspiration in an agroforestry system

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 178-188

  Ward, P R ^a,b   Micin, S F ^a,b   Fillery, I R P ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alley farming; Carbon sequestration; Dryland salinity; Eddy correlation; Eucalyptus; Tree belt

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MONOCOTYLEDON; PERENNIAL PLANT; RECHARGE; SAP FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER USE; WIND DIRECTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 80054092562     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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