Hydraulic limits to tree height and tree growth: What keeps trees from growing beyond a certain height?

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-242

  Ryan, Michael G ^a   Yoder, Barbara J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030887816     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313077     Document Type: Review

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