Evapotranspiration of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) cultivated at two plantation sites in Southeast Asia

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 660-679

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Cambodian Rubber Research Institute   (Cambodia)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^h KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

brevideciduous tree; eddy covariance; evapotranspiration; leaf area; rubber cultivation; tropical tree plantations

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; RUBBER; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS; WATER SUPPLY;

BREVIDECIDUOUS TREE; EDDY COVARIANCE; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; LEAF AREA; MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; TROPICAL TREE;

RUBBER PLANTATIONS;

CANOPY EXCHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD SECURITY; LEAF AREA; NET RADIATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RAINFOREST; RUBBER; SAVANNA; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BUENG KAN; CAMBODIA; MAINLAND [SHETLAND]; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; OROXYLUM INDICUM;

EID: 84977853391     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017755     Document Type: Article

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