Stem water transport and freeze-thaw xylem embolism in conifers and angiosperms in a Tasmanian treeline heath

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 314-320

  Feild, Taylor S ^a   Brodribb, Tim ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Freezing stress; Stem hydraulics; Treeline plants; Winteraceae

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SAP FLOW; TREELINE; XYLEM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035027448     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000603     Document Type: Article

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