Effects of water availability on carbon and water exchange in a young ponderosa pine forest: Above- and belowground responses

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2012, Pages 136-148

  Ruehr, Nadine K ^a,b   Martin, Jonathan G ^a   Law, Beverly E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drought; Irrigation; Photosynthesis; Soil respiration; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LIMITING FACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER EXCHANGE;

EID: 84862270018     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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