Structural and compositional controls on transpiration in 40- and 450-year-old riparian forests in western Oregon, USA

Tree Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 481-491

  Moore, Georgianne W ^a,b   Bond, Barbara J ^a   Jones, Julia A ^a   Phillips, Nathan ^c   Meinzer, Frederick C ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age comparison; Alnus rubra; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Riparian vegetation; Species comparison; Tsuga heterophylla; Xylem sap flow

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RIPARIAN FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE; TRANSPIRATION;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RIPARIA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 9144271869     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/24.5.481     Document Type: Article

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