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cje ›› 2005, Vol. ›› Issue (1): 88-96.

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Main determination methods of tree transpiration

MA Ling, ZHAO Ping, RAO Xingquan, CAI Xi'an, ZENG Xiaoping   

  1. South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
  • Received:2003-12-18 Revised:2004-03-05 Online:2005-01-10

Abstract: Referring to both domestic and overseas literature on transpiration,some representative methods including whole-tree photometer,weighing,lysimeter,Li-1600 steady state porometer,ventilated chamber,remote sensing,water balance,tissue heat balance,heat pulse velocity,eddy correlation,BREB and Penman Monteith were discussed.The theories and techniques were summarized and the merits and drawbacks were analyzed.The thermal dissipation probe method we adopted presently was concretely introduced with the possible problems in the application and some suggested improvements.At last,the authors concluded that the thermal dissipation probe method was rather perfect to study a whole tree transpiration.

Key words: Straw, Gas production, Combinatorial effect, Reasonable utilization

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