Comparison of water relations of seedlings and trees of two Himalayan oaks

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 213-222

  Garkoti, Satish C ^a,c   Zobel, Donald B ^b   Singh, Surendra P ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Banj; Leaf conductance; Quercus floribunda; Quercus leucotrichophora; Tilonj; Water potential; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038454206     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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