Branch sacrifice: Cavitation-associated drought adaptation of riparian cottonwoods

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 248-257

  Rood, Stewart B ^b   Patiño, Sandra ^b   Coombs, Krista ^b   Tyree, Melvin T ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branches; Cavitation; Cottonwoods; Populus; Water relations

Indexed keywords

POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS FREMONTII;

EID: 0034066907     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050010     Document Type: Article

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