Sensitivity of mean canopy stomatal conductance to vapor pressure deficit in a flooded Taxodium distichum L. forest: Hydraulic and non-hydraulic effects

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-29

  Oren, R ^a   Sperry, J S ^b   Ewers, B E ^a   Pataki, D E ^a   Phillips, N ^a   Megonigal, J P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy stomatal conductance; Cypress swamp; Hurricane effect Light; Nighttime conductance; Taxodium distichum; Transpiration; Vapor pressure deficit; Xylem sap flux

Indexed keywords

PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER VAPOR;

CUPRESSUS; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 0035033275     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000497     Document Type: Article

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