Hydraulic limitation of tree height: A critique

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-11

  Becker, P ^a,d   Meinzer, F C ^b   Wullschleger, S D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0034115067     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00397.x     Document Type: Review

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