How reliable are heat pulse velocity methods for estimating tree transpiration?

MA Forster - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
Transpiration is a significant component of the hydrologic cycle and its accurate
quantification is critical for modelling, industry, and policy decisions. Sap flow sensors …

Plant pathogens and biological control of invasive alien plants in South Africa: a review of projects and progress (2011–2020)

AR Wood, A Den Breeÿen - African Entomology, 2021 - journals.co.za
The use of plant pathogens for biological control (biocontrol) of invasive alien plants in
South Africa was reviewed in 1991, 1999 and 2011. In this review, subsequent progress and …

Phenology and canopy conductance limit the accuracy of 20 evapotranspiration models in predicting transpiration

MA Forster, TDH Kim, S Kunz, M Abuseif… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transpiration is a fundamental biophysical process, directly measured in plants by dividing
sap flow by total leaf area. Under non-limiting conditions, transpiration and reference …

A vegetation‐focused soil‐plant‐atmospheric continuum model to study hydrodynamic soil‐plant water relations

Z Deng, H Guan, J Hutson, MA Forster… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A novel simple soil‐plant‐atmospheric continuum model that emphasizes the vegetation's
role in controlling water transfer (v‐SPAC) has been developed in this study. The v‐SPAC …

The importance of conduction versus convection in heat pulse sap flow methods

MA Forster - Tree physiology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Heat pulse methods are a popular approach for estimating sap flow and transpiration. Yet,
many methods are unable to resolve the entire heat velocity measurement range observable …

Assessment of the Effects of Artificial Fungi Inoculations on Agarwood Formation and Sap Flow Rate of Aquilaria malaccensis Lam. Using Sonic Tomography (SoT) …

AM Jalil, H Abdul-Hamid, MK Anwar-Uyup, P Md-Tahir… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Agarwood is a valuable aromatic resinous wood that is biosynthesised when a fungal attack
injures the healthy wood tissue of the Aquilaria tree. The magnitude of infection related to …

Testing of a custom, portable drill press to minimize probe misalignment in sap flow sensors

J Beslity, SB Shaw - Tree physiology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The accurate estimation of plant transpiration is critical to the fields of hydrology, plant
physiology and ecology. Among the various methods of measuring transpiration in the field …

Assessing the Relative Importance of Climatic and Hydrological Factors in Controlling Sap Flow Rates for a Riparian Mixed Stand

L Reading, N Corbett, J Holloway-Brown, L Bellis - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Evapotranspiration by phreatophytes in riparian zones makes up a large component of the
water balance. However, our understanding of the relative importance of controlling factors …

Global explicit profiling of water deficit‐induced diminutions in agricultural crop sustainability: Key emerging trends and challenges

S Singh, DK Tripathi, NK Dubey… - Water Stress and Crop …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 'Global Water Scarcity Issues' is a phrase that confers the global status of water
becoming increasingly limited at rates not seen previously in geological time and has been …

[引用][C] sap flow methods & data analysis techniques

WAN LoRa - edaphic.com.au
Every heat pulse velocity method is derived from the thermal conductance and convection
equation developed by Marshall (1958). In part one, the thermal conductance and …