Early season cuticular conductance and gas exchange in two oaks near the western edge of their range

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 403-409

  Hamerlynck, Erik P ^a   Knapp, Alan K ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular conductance; Gallery forests; Leaf development; Photosynthesis; Quercus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029823107     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02185644     Document Type: Article

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