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Water 2009, 1(1), 32-42; doi:10.3390/w1010032
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Daily Variations of Water Use with Vapor Pressure Deficit in a Plantation of I214 Poplars
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Université de Toulouse, UPS, INP, EcoLab (Laboratoire d’écologie fonctionnelle), 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, F-31055 Toulouse, France
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CNRS, EcoLab, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, F-31055 Toulouse, France
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Received: 22 September 2009; in revised form: 26 October 2009 / Accepted: 5 November 2009 / Published: 6 November 2009
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Water Origin in Wet Areas and River Basins: Characteristics and Availability for Trees)
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Abstract: Daily rates of whole tree water use were measured in a homogeneous 7-year-old plantation over 84 days. Two trees were selected in the two most contrasting ends, i.e., with mean water table at -1.5 m and -3.5 m. Results showed that the mean tree water use was close to 80 dm3 day–1 with a small mean difference between the two sites (5.4 dm3 day–1, about 7%). Higher daily variations were observed on a single tree over the season (from 17 to 138 dm3 day–1). These fluctuations could be modeled using linear regressions on the vapor pressure deficit (VPD). Results also indicated decreasing sap flux densities with radial sapwood depth and that the whole tree water use could be estimated from the sap flux densities measured at the 0–2 cm depth.
Keywords: Populus; I214; sap flux; water use; water table
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Muller, E.; Lambs, L. Daily Variations of Water Use with Vapor Pressure Deficit in a Plantation of I214 Poplars. Water 2009, 1, 32-42.
AMA StyleMuller E, Lambs L. Daily Variations of Water Use with Vapor Pressure Deficit in a Plantation of I214 Poplars. Water. 2009; 1(1):32-42.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuller, Etienne; Lambs, Luc. 2009. "Daily Variations of Water Use with Vapor Pressure Deficit in a Plantation of I214 Poplars." Water 1, no. 1: 32-42.