Hydraulic constraints on plant gas exchange

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-23

  Sperry, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Hydraulic conductance; Stomatal regulation; Water relations; Water transport; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GAS EXCHANGE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION;

EID: 0034710276     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(00)00144-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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