Predicting the water-use of Eucalyptus nitens plantations in ...

Water Use (mm/yr)
08
09
10
08
09
10 08
08 09
10
Figure 2. Annual canopy interception, soil evaporation and transpiration for each plantation,
for each year of age, for thinned and unthinned plantations in the Florentine Valley.
Numbers above each column are the calendar year of measurement. Numbers at the base of
columns are coupe names.
Water Use (mm/yr)
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
Unthinned
Figure 3. The relationship between age and annual water-use of plantations in the Florentine
Valley. Blue squares represent unthinned plantations, red squares represent thinned
plantations. Labels show plot ID, year of measurement and plantation age.
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09
10
08 09
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 8 9 9 10 11
Age
Missing
data
Thinned
22D 23C 20A 21AC
20A
21AT
22D 2008 Age 1
22D 2009 Age 2
22D 2010 Age 3
23C 2008 Age 4
23C 2009 Age 5
10
Canopy interception
Soil evaporation
Transpiration
21AC 2008 Age 9
y = 130.93ln(x) + 559.49
R² = 0.44
21AC 2009 Age 10
21AC 2010 Age 11
21AT 2008 Age 9 Thinned 21AT 2009 Age 10 Thinned
20A 2008 Age 7
23C 2010 Age 6
21AT 2010 Age 11 Thinned
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Age (years)