A unified nomenclature for sap flow measurements

Tree Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-67

  Edwards, W R N ^a   Becker, P ^b   Cermak J ^c  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

heat balance; heat pulse velocity; sap flux; sap velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031027724     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/17.1.65     Document Type: Article

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