Coordination of leaf and stem water transport properties in tropical forest trees

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-41

  Meinzer, Frederick C ^a   Woodruff, David R ^a   Domec, Jean Christophe ^b   Goldstein, Guillermo ^c   Campanello, Paula I ^d   Gatti, M Genoveva ^d   Villalobos Vega, Randol ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

^d Laboratorio de Ecología Funcional   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Stomata; Transpiration; Turgor; Xylem vulnerability

Indexed keywords

WATER;

PLANT WATER RELATIONS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPICAL FOREST; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; PLANT STOMA; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERMS; PANAMA; PLANT STEMS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 42149128192     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0974-5     Document Type: Article

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