Evaluating the effect of plant water availability on inner alpine coniferous trees based on sap flow measurements

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 691-698

  Leo, Marco ^a   Oberhuber, Walter ^b   Schuster, Roman ^b   Grams, Thorsten E E ^c   Matyssek, Rainer ^c   Wieser, Gerhard ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dry inner alpine valley; Larix decidua; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Plant water availability; Sap flow

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAP FLOW; STOMATA; TRANSPIRATION; VALLEY;

AUSTRIA; INN RIVER; TYROL;

ABIES; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84904462035     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-013-0697-y     Document Type: Article

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