Water flux components and soil water‐atmospheric controls in a temperate pine forest growing in a well‐drained sandy soil

The influences of soil water supply and atmospheric demand on transpiration were studied to gain insight into the physical mechanisms limiting forest water use within the broader context of total canopy water loss to the atmosphere. Evaporation from forests ( E ) can be partitioned in to four main source components: canopy transpiration ( E c ), understorey transpiration ( E u ), evaporation from the soil ( E s ), and the evaporation of …