Plant-water relationships in the Great Basin Desert of North America derived from Pinus monophylla hourly dendrometer records

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 939-953

  Biondi, Franco ^a,b   Rossi, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Automated sensors; Diel cycles; Great Basin National Park; Hydroclimate; Nevada; Plant water relationships; Point dendrometers; Tree radius variation; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DESERT CLIMATE; METABOLISM; NEVADA; PINE; PLANT STEM; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

DESERT CLIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEVADA; PINUS; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; WATER; WEATHER;

EID: 84937969996     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0907-4     Document Type: Article

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