Measuring and modeling species specific transpiration in a mixed hardwood plantation英文文献.pdfVIP

MEASURING AND MODELING SPECIES SPECIFIC TRANSPIRATION IN A MIXED HARDWOOD PLANTATION ________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of Clemson University ________________________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science Plant and Environmental Science ________________________________________________ by Joseph David Bowden August 2007 ________________________________________________ Accepted by: Dr. William L. Bauerle, Committee Chair Dr. Victor B. Shelburne Dr. G. Geoff Wang UMI Number: 1445895 UMI Microform 1445895 Copyright 2007 by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. ProQuest Information and Learning Company 300 North Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346 ABSTRACT Differences in transpiration have been reported in tree species over the last several decades; however, few studies have teased out the environmental component with a common garden. Species specific transpiration was measured via sap flow on twenty trees from five deciduous hardwood species, Prunus x yedoensis Matsum., Acer rubrum L. ‘Autumn Flame’, Acer buergeranum Miq., Prunus serrulata Lindl. ‘Kwan