The impact of rising temperatures on water balance and phenology of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stands.

ABSTRACT: In this article, we outline the set-up and the application of an eco-hydrological box model, with the aim to describe the water balance of deciduous (Fagus Sylvatica L.) forest stands. The water balance model (WBM) uses standard meteorological parameters as input variables and runs on a daily time step. It consists of two modules. The aboveground module (1) comprises routines for fog precipitation generation, precipitation interception and snowfall/snowmelt dynamics. Covered belowground processes (2) are bypass flow, percolation, soil evaporation and transpiration, where the latter two processes are considered separately. Preceding to the WBM, a routine is introduced, specifying the intra-annual foliage dynamics of beech. Emphasis is also laid on the inter-annual variation of beech

SUBMITTER: Dolschak K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814441 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature