Time and frequency domain reflectometry for the measurement of tree stem water content: A review, evaluation, and future perspectives

H He, NC Turner, K Aogu, M Dyck, H Feng, B Si… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electromagnetic (EM) methods for estimation of water content in porous media (eg, soil and
tree stems) are based on estimates of the media's bulk dielectric permittivity, which is …

A comparison of sap flux density using thermal dissipation, heat pulse velocity and heat field deformation methods

K Steppe, DJW De Pauw, TM Doody… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2010 - Elsevier
A laboratory test and field evaluation were conducted to determine the accuracy of the three
commonly used techniques for measuring sap flux density in trees: heat pulse velocity …

Vapour pressure deficit and solar radiation are the major drivers of transpiration of balsam fir and black spruce tree species in humid boreal regions, even during a …

S Oogathoo, D Houle, L Duchesne… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
On vegetation-covered land surfaces, tree transpiration, compared to soil and canopy
evaporation, is a major process that sends large amounts of water back to the atmosphere …

Transpiration of urban forests in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

DE Pataki, HR McCarthy, E Litvak… - Ecological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Despite its importance for urban planning, landscape management, and water management,
there are very few in situ estimates of urban‐forest transpiration. Because urban forests …

Estimating components of forest evapotranspiration: a footprint approach for scaling sap flux measurements

AC Oishi, R Oren, PC Stoy - agricultural and forest meteorology, 2008 - Elsevier
Forest evapotranspiration (ET) estimates that include scaled sap flux measurements often
underestimate eddy covariance (EC)-measured latent heat flux (LE). We investigated …

Transpiration and water-use efficiency in mixed-species forests versus monocultures: effects of tree size, stand density and season

DI Forrester - Tree Physiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Mixtures can be more productive than monocultures and may therefore use more water,
which may make them more susceptible to droughts. The species interactions that influence …

Hydraulic capacitance: biophysics and functional significance of internal water sources in relation to tree size

FG Scholz, NG Phillips, SJ Bucci, FC Meinzer… - Size-and age-related …, 2011 - Springer
Components of the tree water transport pathway; roots, trunks, branches and leaves; can
also serve as water storage compartments and therefore act transiently as intermediate …

A comparison of sap flux-based evapotranspiration estimates with catchment-scale water balance

CR Ford, RM Hubbard, BD Kloeppel… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2007 - Elsevier
Many researchers are using sap flux to estimate tree-level transpiration, and to scale to
stand-and catchment-level transpiration; yet studies evaluating the comparability of sap flux …

Variability in radial sap flux density patterns and sapwood area among seven co-occurring temperate broad-leaved tree species

T Gebauer, V Horna, C Leuschner - Tree physiology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Forest transpiration estimates are frequently based on xylem sap flux measurements in the
outer sections of the hydro-active stem sapwood. We used Granier's constant-heating …

Adjustments in hydraulic architecture of Pinus palustris maintain similar stomatal conductance in xeric and mesic habitats

RN Addington, LA Donovan, RJ Mitchell… - Plant, Cell & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated relationships between whole‐tree hydraulic architecture and stomatal
conductance in Pinus palustris Mill.(longleaf pine) across habitats that differed in soil …