Whole-tree water use by Pinus cembra at the treeline in the Central Tyrolean Alps

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-88

  Wieser, Gerhard ^a   Leo, Marco ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Jarvis type model; multiple regression; Pinus cembra; sap flow; transpiration; treeline

Indexed keywords

PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 84868252783     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2012.688070     Document Type: Article

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