Modeling tree water flow as an unsaturated flow through a porous medium

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 415-429

  Aumann, Craig A ^a   David Ford, E ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; TREE; UNSATURATED FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; SAP FLOW; TREE; UNSATURATED FLOW;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0036435909     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3061     Document Type: Article

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