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Water Uptake, Storage and Transpiration by Conifers: A Physiological Model

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Water and Plant Life

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 19))

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As part of an ecosystem study, addressed are the questions of water utilization by coniferous forests and the influence water has on growth and mineral cycling. Individual trees are an integrated system by themselves. Their water flux can be envisioned as representing an integration of four components: (1) uptake, (2) internal storage, (3) the controls upon the rate of movement of water from one part of the system to another and (4) the atmospheric demand.

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  1. Botanisches Institut der Universität Würzburg, Mittlerer Dallenbergweg 64, 8700, Würzburg, Fed. Rep. Germany

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  2. Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenökologie, Universität Bayreuth, Am Birkengut, 8580, Bayreuth, Fed. Rep. Germany

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Waring, R.H., Running, S.W. (1976). Water Uptake, Storage and Transpiration by Conifers: A Physiological Model. In: Lange, O.L., Kappen, L., Schulze, ED. (eds) Water and Plant Life. Ecological Studies, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66429-8_12

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