Water deficits and hydraulic limits to leaf water supply

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 251-263

  Sperry, J S ^a   Hacke, U G ^a   Oren, R ^b   Comstock, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought responses; Hydraulic architecture; Plant soil interactions; Stomatal regulation; Water relations; Water transport; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HYDRAULICS; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER USE;

EID: 0036181617     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0016-8025.2001.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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