Spatial variation in sap flow velocity in semiarid region trees: Its impact on stand-scale transpiration estimates

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1161-1168

  Kume, Tomonori ^a   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^a   Du, Sheng ^b   Yamanaka, Norikazu ^c   Wang, Yi Long ^b   Liu, Guo Bin ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azimuthal and radial variation; Heat pulse velocity; Ring porous wood; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

BLACK LOCUST; CIRCUMFERENTIAL VARIATION; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; FOREST STAND; HEAT PULSE; LOESS PLATEAU; QUERCUS; RADIAL VARIATIONS; RING-POROUS WOOD; ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA; SEMI-ARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; XYLEM SAP FLOWS;

ARID REGIONS; ESTIMATION; FLOW VELOCITY; TRANSPIRATION;

FORESTRY;

AZIMUTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; SAP FLOW; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; WOOD;

ESTIMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT; POROUS MATERIALS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRANSPIRATION; VARIATIONS; WOOD;

QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 84859425254     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8205     Document Type: Article

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