Comparison of sap flow, cavitation and water status of Quercus petraea and Quercus cerris trees with special reference to computer tomography

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 928-938

  Tognetti, R ^a   Raschi, A ^a   Beres C ^b   Fenyvesi, A ^c   Ridder, H W ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cavitation; computer tomograph; drought; Quercus; sap velocity; transpiration; wood density

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 0030483927     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00457.x     Document Type: Article

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