Comparative vessel anatomy of arctic deciduous and evergreen dicots

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1643-1649

  Gorsuch, Dennis M ^a   Oberbauer, Steven F ^a   Fisher, Jack B ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Cushion plant; Tundra; Vessel density; Vessel length

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005002042     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558409     Document Type: Article

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