Hydraulic conductance and water potential differences inside leaves of tropical evergreen and Deciduous Species

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 633-637

  Sobrado, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Beureria cumanensis; Capparis aristiguetae; Coursetia arborea; Lonchocarpus dipteroneurus; Morisonia americana; Pithecellobium dulce

Indexed keywords

PITHECELLOBIUM DULCE;

EID: 0031545162     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1001725808647     Document Type: Article

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