Whole-plant hydraulic resistance and vulnerability segmentation in Acer saccharinum

Tree Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 351-357

  Tsuda, Makoto ^a,c   Tyree, Melvin T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Embolism; Evaporative flux method; High pressure flowmeter method; Petioles; Roots; Stems

Indexed keywords

ACER SACCHARINUM; ACER SACCHARUM; RIPARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0030868255     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/17.6.351     Document Type: Article

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