- move from water relations at the ecosystem scale to those at the leaf tissue scale
- model soil water regimes and thereby understand the significance of soil structure for water relations
- learn that visual impressions of what is dry or not may be very misleading
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- to deal with the main drivers of the water balance equation in order to estimate the risk of moisture shortage
- where and under which conditions water shortage can be a problem
- about a few techniques which help assess plant and ecosystem water relations (lysimeter, stable isotopes)
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