Tapered conduits can buffer hydraulic conductance from path-length effects

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 965-967

  Becker, Peter ^a,b   Gribben, Ronald J ^a   Lim, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduit diameter; Hydraulic limitation; Hydraulic resistance; Tree height

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034254392     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.14.965     Document Type: Article

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