Hydraulic and photosynthetic co-ordination in seasonally dry tropical forest trees

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1435-1444

  Brodribb, T J ^a   Holbrook, N M ^a   Gutierrez M V ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Hydraulic conductivity; Phenology; Photosynthesis; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0036829161     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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