Measuring water fluxes in forests: The need for integrative platforms of analysis

Tree Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 929-931

  Ward, Eric J ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

FOREST; TREE;

FORESTS; TREES; WATER;

EID: 85029730697     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpw065     Document Type: Note

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