Regulation of water flux through trunks, branches, and leaves in trees of a lowland tropical forest

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 463-471

  Andrade, José Luis ^a   Meinzer, Frederick C ^a   Goldstein, Guillermo ^b   Holbrook, N Michele ^e   Cavelier, Jaime ^c   Jackson, Paula ^d   Silvera, Katia ^f  

^a HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductance; Sap flow; Stomata; Transpiration; Tropical forest trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031825422     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050542     Document Type: Article

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