Project

Detailed analysis and medelling of the hydrodynamic response of trees on drought.

Code
3F006909
Duration
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • General biology
    • Plant biology
Keywords
plant ecology sapflow ecophysiology
 
Project description

Manipulation experiments in the growth room and the experimental forest allow to investigate how trees react on drought stress and how they regain vitality when watered. Special attention will go to spatial and temporal variability of the radial sapflow profile. This research will lead to a dynamic model of water transport and transpiration to obtain more accurate transpiration estimations.