Comparative study of diurnal and nocturnal sap flow of Quercus ilex and Phillyrea latifolia in a Mediterranean holm oak forest in Prades (Catalonia, NE Spain)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1651-1659

  Barbeta, Adrià ^a,b   Ogaya, Romà ^a,b   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought; Nocturnal sap flow; Phillyrea latifolia; Quercus ilex; Sap flow

Indexed keywords

CATALONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DRY PERIODS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HOLM OAK FOREST; LATIFOLIA; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUERCUS ILEX; SAP FLOW; SAP FLOW RATE; SEASONAL PATTERNS; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; WATER LOSS; WET PERIOD;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOW RATE; FORESTRY; SOIL MOISTURE;

DROUGHT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATES; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; QUERCUS ILEX; SAP; SPAIN;

ILEX; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84866444305     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0741-4     Document Type: Article

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