Sap-flux-scaled transpiration responses to light, vapor pressure deficit, and leaf area reduction in a flooded Taxodium distichum forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 337-347

  Oren, R ^a   Phillips, N ^a   Ewers, B E ^a   Pataki, D E ^a   Megonigal, J P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cypress swamp; Hurricane effect; Scaling; Transpiration; Xylem sap flux

Indexed keywords

CUPRESSUS; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 0033134631     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/19.6.337     Document Type: Article

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