Developmental patterns of above-ground hydraulic conductance in a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) age sequence

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 939-948

  Mencuccini, M ^a,c   Grace, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

ageing; branchiness; hydraulic architecture; hydraulic resistance; Pinus sylvestris L.; pipe model theory; Scots pine; transpiration

Indexed keywords

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0030483784     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00458.x     Document Type: Article

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