Transpiration in Quercus suber trees under shallow water table conditions: The role of soil and groundwater

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 6067-6079

  Pinto, Clara A ^a   Nadezhdina, Nadezhda ^b   David, Jorge S ^c,e   Kurz Besson, Cathy ^d   Caldeira, Maria C ^c,e   Henriques, Manuel O ^c,e   Monteiro, Fernando G ^c   Pereira, João S ^c,e   David, Teresa S ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO AGRÁRIA E VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cork oak; Ecohydrology; Sap flow radial profile; Tree water sources; Tree water use; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; TRANSPIRATION;

CORK OAK; ECO-HYDROLOGY; SAP FLOW; TREE WATER USE; WATER BALANCE; WATER SOURCE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER; QUERCUS SUBER; SOIL; TREES;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84914147543     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10097     Document Type: Article

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