The impact of subcanopy light environment on the hydraulic vulnerability of Rhododendron maximum to freeze-thaw cycles and drought

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1264-1272

  Lipp, C C ^a   Nilsen, E T ^b  

^a DYNAMAC Inc   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freeze thaw cycles; Hydraulic conductivity; Leaf phenology; Light environment; Rhododendron maximum; Understorey shrub; Water relations

Indexed keywords

RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM;

EID: 0030705981     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-22.x     Document Type: Article

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