Effects of sink removal on transpiration at the treeline: Implications for the growth limitation hypothesis

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 334-339

  Susiluoto, Sanna ^a   Perämäki, Martti ^a   Nikinmaa, Eero ^a   Berninger, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sapflow; Sink limitation; Transpiration; Treeline

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; TREELINE;

EID: 34250893279     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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