High levels of inter-ramet water translocation in two rhizomatous Carex species, as quantified by deuterium labelling

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-84

  De Kroon, Hans ^a,b   Fransen, Bart ^a,b   Van Rheenen, Jan W A ^a   Van Dijk, Arnold ^a   Kreulen, Rob ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carex hirta; Clonal plants; Curex flacca; Drought; Physiological integration; Water transport

Indexed keywords

CAREX FLACCA; CAREX HIRTA;

EID: 0030067974     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334409     Document Type: Article

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