Water relations, gas exchange and morphological development of fall- and spring-planted yellow cypress stecklings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 197-213

  Folk, Raymund S ^a   Grossnickle, Steven C ^a   Arnott, James T ^b   Mitchell, Alan K ^b   Puttonen, Pasi ^c  

^a BC Research Inc   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Photosynthesis; Plant time; Stomatal conductance; Turgor; Water relations; Yellow cypress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001201484     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03642-3     Document Type: Article

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