Contrasting growth and water use strategies in four co-occurring Mediterranean tree species revealed by concurrent measurements of sap flow and stem diameter variations

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-37

  Sánchez Costa, Elisenda ^a   Poyatos, Rafael ^a   Sabaté, Santiago ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic dendrometer; Growth based water use efficiency; Tree transpiration; Tree water deficit; Water availability

Indexed keywords

DIAMETER; GROWTH RATE; HYDRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; SAP FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

EID: 84964240070     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.03.012     Document Type: Article

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