The quarter-power scaling model does not imply size-invariant hydraulic resistance in plants

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-285

  Mäkelä, Annikki ^a   Valentine, Harry T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYMNOSPERM; HYDRODYNAMICS; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; THEORETICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 33749633640     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.06.006     Document Type: Letter

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