Sparse Pinus Tabuliformis Stands Have Higher Canopy Transpiration than Dense Stands Three Decades after Thinning

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Chen, Zuosinan; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Chen, Lixin; Cai, Yongmao; Zhang, Haiquan; Lou, Junpeng; Xu, Zhou; Xu, Hang; & Song, Conghe (2020). Sparse Pinus Tabuliformis Stands Have Higher Canopy Transpiration than Dense Stands Three Decades after Thinning. Forests, 11(1), 70.

Abstract

Hydrological effects of forest thinning have been studied at small watershed scales using the paired watershed approach since the 1920s. However, how forest transpiration, a critical component of evapotranspiration, changes decades after thinning is not well understood despite its importance for modifying drought resilience of forest ecosystem under climate change. In a semi-arid mountainous area of northern China, we measured growing season sap flow of Pinus tabuliformis, a widely planted afforestation species, in 44-year-old monoculture plantation stands with low (983 stems ha

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11010070

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2020

Journal Title

Forests

Author(s)

Chen, Zuosinan
Zhang, Zhiqiang
Chen, Lixin
Cai, Yongmao
Zhang, Haiquan
Lou, Junpeng
Xu, Zhou
Xu, Hang
Song, Conghe

Article Type

Regular

Continent/Country

China

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Song, C - 0000-0002-4099-4906