Hydraulic limits on tree performance: Transpiration, carbon gain and growth of trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-100

  Tyree, Melvin T ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion tension theory; Hydraulic architecture; Trees

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDRAULICS; TRANSPIRATION;

PLANT HYRAULIC CONDUCTANCE;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; HYDRAULICS; TRANSPIRATION; TREES;

EID: 0037372067     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-002-0227-x     Document Type: Article

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