Hydraulic architecture and water use of selected species from a lower montane forest in Panama

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 302-309

  Zotz, G ^a   Tyree, M T ^b,c   Patino S ^b   Carlton, M R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Hydraulic architecture; Lower montane forest; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031943745     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050155     Document Type: Article

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