Assorted publications mainly relating to vegetation, energy balance and heat exchange, 1965-1970

Containers:

Box 35 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 396

Content Summary:

"Test of a transpiration inhibitor on a forested watershed" by P.E. Waggoner and J.D. Hewlett, 1965. From the journal Water Resources Research.

"The energy balance of plant communities" by O.T. Denmead, 1966. Reprinted from Agricultural Meteorology, Proceedings of WMO Seminar Melbourne.

"The heat exchange of plants and its importance in plant morphology and distribution" by Eilif Dahl, 1966. Translation of reprint from the periodical Blyttia. Translation no. 10215. Translator A. Dalby. Includes handwritten corrections.

Section of Nature, 1970. Includes "Direct effect of SO2 pollution on the degree of opening of stomata" by Ondrej Majrenik and T.A. Mansfield; "Assessment of nitrogen fixation in terrestrial environments in field conditions" by V.W. Marariu et al; "Is the world's oxygen supply threatened?" by J.H. Rhyther.

Originally housed in "vegetation and radiation file" in file 391.

Immediate source of acquisition:

This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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