The dynamics of "dead wood": Maintenance of water transport through plant stems

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 492-496

  Holbrook, N Michele ^a   Zwieniecki, Maciej A ^a   Melcher, Peter J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036625841     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.3.492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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