The impact of induced drought on transpiration and growth in a temperate pine plantation forest

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1779-1791

  MacKay, Samantha L ^a   Arain, M Altaf ^a,b   Khomik, Myroslava ^c   Brodeur, Jason J ^a   Schumacher, Jens ^d   Hartmann, Henrik ^c   Peichl, Matthias ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Drought; Eddy covariance; Forest growth; Pinus strobus; Sapflow; Throughfall exclusion; Transpiration; White pine

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST GROWTH; PINUS STROBUS; SAPFLOW; THROUGHFALL EXCLUSION; WHITE PINE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; RATING; REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON BALANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RAINFALL; SAP FLOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; STEM; THROUGHFALL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 84862022493     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9315     Document Type: Article

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