High vapour pressure deficit exacerbates xylem cavitation and photoinhibition in shade-grown Piper auritum H.B. and K. during prolonged sunflecks. I. Dynamics of plant water relations

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 312-319

  Schultz, Hans R ^a,b   Matthews, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic emissions; Piper auritum; Stomatal conductance; Vapour pressure deficit; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

PIPER AURITUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 0030934637     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050164     Document Type: Article

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