How do rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations behave under seasonal water stress in northeastern Thailand and central Cambodia?

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-22

  Kumagai, Tomo'omi ^a   Mudd, Ryan G ^b   Giambelluca, Thomas W ^b   Kobayashi, Nakako ^a   Miyazawa, Yoshiyuki ^c   Lim, Tiva Khan ^d   Liu, Wen ^b   Huang, Maoyi ^e   Fox, Jefferson M ^f   Ziegler, Alan D ^g   Yin, Song ^d   Mak, Sophea Veasna ^d   Kasemsap, Poonpipope ^h  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Cambodian Rubber Research Institute   (Cambodia)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^h KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Soil moisture; Stomatal control; Transpiration; Tropical deciduous trees; Water vapor flux

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PLANTATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER STRESS;

CAMBODIA; THAILAND;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 84947224274     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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