Pressurized gas transport in Amazonian floodplain trees

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 371-375

  Graffmann, Karl ^a,b   Grosse, Wolfgang ^a   Junk, Wolfgang J ^b   Parolin, Pia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon; Flood tolerance; Pressurized gas transport; Root aeration; Tropical floodplain forests

Indexed keywords

AERATION; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXYGEN; PRESSURE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOLERANCE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39649088252     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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