A review of whole-plant water use studies in trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 499-512

  Wullschleger, Stan D ^a   Meinzer, F C ^b   Vertessy, R A ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Decoupling coefficient; Forest hydrology; Hydraulic conductance; Sap flow; Scaling; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration; Water storage

Indexed keywords

TREE; WATER USE;

EUPERUA; EUPERUA PURPUREA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 0031695138     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.8-9.499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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