Hydraulic conductances of angiosperms versus conifers: Similar transport sufficiency at the whole-plant level

Tree Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 445-452

  Becker, Peter ^a   Tyree, Melvin T ^a,b   Tsuda, Makoto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gymnosperms; Hydraulic conductivity; Leaf venation; Slow seedling hypothesis; Tropical heath forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033151314     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/19.7.445     Document Type: Article

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