Clearcutting upland forest alters transpiration of residual trees in the riparian buffer zone

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 4979-4992

  Boggs, Johnny ^a   Sun, Ge ^a   Domec, Jean Christophe ^b   McNulty, Steven ^a   Treasure, Emrys ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best Management Practice (BMP); North Carolina; Riparian buffer; Sap flux density; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NORTH CAROLINA; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; SAP FLUX DENSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

FORESTRY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BUFFER ZONE; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN FOREST; SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; TREE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; PINUS TAEDA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84954385158     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10474     Document Type: Article

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