Stomatal conductance, transpiration and sap flow of tropical montane rain forest trees in the southern Ecuadorian Andes

Tree Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1283-1293

  Motzer, Thomas ^a,b   Munz, Nicole ^a   Küppers, Manfred ^c   Schmitt, Dieter ^c   Anhuf, Dieter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric coupling of transpiration; Stomatal control; Tree water relations; Tropical mountain

Indexed keywords

MONTANE FOREST; SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744467628     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/25.10.1283     Document Type: Article

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