Hydraulic conductance, light interception and needle nutrient concentration in Scots pine stands and their relations with net primary productivity

Tree Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 459-468

  Mencuccini, Maurizio ^a,b   Grace, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydraulic architecture; Pinus sylvestris; Respiration costs; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000743221     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.5.459     Document Type: Article

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