Sap flow variation in selected riparian woodland species in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

• Published in: African journal of ecology Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 654 - 663
• Main Authors: Lubinda, Aobakwe K., Murray‐Hudson, Mike, Green, Steve
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2017; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Compensation; compensation heat pulse velocity; Deltas; Diospyros mespiliformis; Evapotranspiration; Flow; Fluctuations; Flux; Freshwater environments; Hydrology; Landforms; Original; Riparian environments; Riparian forests; Species; Terrestrial environments; Transpiration; Trees; Variation; Velocity; water balance; water use; Woodlands; Okavango Delta; compensation heat pulse velocity; water balance; water use; evapotranspiration

In the tropical Okavango Delta, transpiration by trees is an important process partly responsible for maintaining the basin as a freshwater environment. Quantification of evapotranspiration from terrestrial landforms of the delta, fringed by riparian woodlands, is one of the main contributors to unc...