Articles | Volume 12, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5619-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5619-2015
Research article
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05 Oct 2015
Research article |  | 05 Oct 2015

Transpiration in an oil palm landscape: effects of palm age

A. Röll, F. Niu, A. Meijide, A. Hardanto, Hendrayanto, A. Knohl, and D. Hölscher

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The study provides first insight into eco-hydrological consequences of the continuing oil palm expansion in the tropics. Stand transpiration rates of some studied oil palm stands compared to or even exceeded values reported for tropical forests, indicating high water use of oil palms under certain conditions. Oil palm landscapes show some spatial variations in (evapo)transpiration rates, e.g. due to varying plantation age, but the day-to-day variability of oil palm transpiration is rather low.
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