The ecological significance of long-distance water transport: Short-term regulation, long-term acclimation and the hydraulic costs of stature across plant life forms

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-182

  Mencuccini, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydraulic architecture; Hydraulic conductance; Leaf water status; Stomatal regulation; Structural acclimation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER RELATIONS;

EID: 0037241114     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.00991.x     Document Type: Review

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