Differences in leaf gas exchange and water relations among species and tree sizes in an Arizona pine-oak forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Kolb, T E ^a   Stone, J E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambel oak; Hydraulic conductance; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Pinus ponderosa; Ponderosa pine; Productivity; Quercus gambelii; Stomatal conductance; Vapor pressure deficit; Water stress

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE; WATER RELATIONS;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS ARIZONICA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PINUS PONDEROSA VAR. SCOPULORUM; QUERCUS; QUERCUS GAMBELII;

EID: 0033959937     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.1.1     Document Type: Article

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