Changes in leaf hydraulic conductance during leaf shedding in seasonally dry tropical forest

New Phytologist

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-303

  Brodribb, T J ^a   Holbrook, N M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calycophyllum candidissimum; Cavitation; Dry tropical forest; Leaf hydraulic conductance; Phenology; Rhedera trinervis; Senescence

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF; PHENOLOGY; SENESCENCE;

CALYCOPHYLLUM; CALYCOPHYLLUM CANDIDISSIMUM;

EID: 0038066774     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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