A synthesis of bias and uncertainty in sap flow methods

V Flo, J Martinez-Vilalta, K Steppe, B Schuldt… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sap flow measurements with thermometric methods are widely used to measure
transpiration in plants. Different method families exist depending on how they apply heat …

Quantification of uncertainties in conifer sap flow measured with the thermal dissipation method

RL Peters, P Fonti, DC Frank, R Poyatos… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Trees play a key role in the global hydrological cycle and measurements performed with the
thermal dissipation method (TDM) have been crucial in providing whole‐tree water‐use …

The case for an open water balance: Re‐envisioning network design and data analysis for a complex, uncertain world

SK Kampf, SJ Burges, JC Hammond… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The discipline of hydrology has long focused on quantifying the water balance, which is
frequently used to estimate unknown water fluxes or stores. While technologies for …

Predictive models for radial sap flux variation in coniferous, diffuse-porous and ring-porous temperate trees

AB Berdanier, CF Miniat, JS Clark - Tree physiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Accurately scaling sap flux observations to tree or stand levels requires accounting for
variation in sap flux between wood types and by depth into the tree. However, existing …

Contrasting water-use strategies revealed by species-specific transpiration dynamics in the Caatinga dry forest

CL Wright, JB West, ALA de Lima, ES Souza… - Tree …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In forest ecosystems, transpiration (T) patterns are important for quantifying water and
carbon fluxes and are major factors in predicting ecosystem change. Seasonal changes in …

Environmental controls on sap flow in black locust forest in Loess Plateau, China

C Ma, Y Luo, M Shao, X Li, L Sun, X Jia - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Black locust accounts for over 90% of artificial forests in China's Loess Plateau region.
However, water use of black locust is an uphill challenge for this semi-arid region. To …

[HTML][HTML] Differentiated responses of plant water use regulation to drought in Robinia pseudoacacia plantations on the Chinese Loess Plateau

X Yan, Z Zhang, X Zhao, M Huang, X Wu… - Agricultural Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Robinia pseudoacacia plantations play an important role in improving the ecological
environment of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP). However, drought stress is emerging as …

Do urban tree hydraulics limit their transpirational cooling? A comparison between temperate and hot arid climates

L Shashua-Bar, MA Rahman, A Moser-Reischl… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Evaporative cooling due to transpiration of urban trees in two contrasting climates is the
subject of this study. Transpiration was studied experimentally on local tree species at 'tree …

An empirical study of the wound effect on sap flux density measured with thermal dissipation probes

A Wiedemann, S Marañón-Jiménez… - Tree …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The insertion of thermal dissipation (TD) sensors on tree stems for sap flux density (SFD)
measurements can lead to SFD underestimations due to a wound formation close to the drill …

Stomatal ozone uptake of a Quercus serrata stand based on sap flow measurements with calibrated thermal dissipation sensors

R Tanaka, CW Chiu, T Gomi, K Matsuda, T Izuta… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The amount of ozone absorbed by the tree leaves is a critical factor determining the ozone
effects on forest trees. Stomatal ozone uptake of a forest canopy can be estimated from the …