Sap flow rates of mangrove trees are not unusually low

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 432-435

  Becker, Peter ^a   Asmat, Azman ^a   Mohamad, Julaihi ^a   Moksin, Misli ^a   Tyree, Melvin T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mangrove; Sap flow; Stomatal conductance; Water potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030797649     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050104     Document Type: Article

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