Three Fundamental Challenges to the Advancement of Stemflow Research and Its Integration into Natural Science
John T. Van Stan,
Juan Pinos
Abstract:Plant canopies divert a portion of precipitation to the base of their stems through “stemflow”, a phenomenon that influences the canopy water balance, soil microbial ecology, and intrasystem nutrient cycling. However, a comprehensive integration of stemflow into theoretical and numerical models in natural science remains limited. This perspective examines three unresolved, fundamental questions hindering this integration, spanning the canopy to the soil. First, the precise source area within the canopy that ge… Show more
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