Azimuthal and radial variations in sap flux density and effects on stand-scale transpiration estimates in a Japanese cedar forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 550-558

  Shinohara, Yoshinori ^a   Tsuruta, Kenji ^b   Ogura, Akira ^c   Noto, Fumikazu ^d,e   Komatsu, Hikaru ^f   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^a   Maruyama, Toshisuke ^e  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ishikawa Forest Experiment Station   (Japan)

^d Ishikawa Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^e ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

sap flux; sapwood area; scaling; thermal dissipation probe; water availability

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBE; SAP FLOW; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; JAPANESE CEDAR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EXUDATE; PLANT STEM; SAP FLUX; SAPWOOD AREA; SCALING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMAL DISSIPATION PROBE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOOD; XYLEM;

SAP FLUX; SAPWOOD AREA; SCALING; THERMAL DISSIPATION PROBE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYPTOMERIA; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84877973830     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt029     Document Type: Article

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