Murray's law and the hydraulic vs mechanical functioning of wood

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 931-938

  McCulloh, K A ^a   Sperry, J S ^a   Adler, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduit furcation number; Hydraulic architecture; Hydraulic conductance; Plant area profile

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 11144309688     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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