Long-distance liquid transport in plants

Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-203

  Kizilova, Natalya N ^a  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Conducting system; Fluid transport; Murray's law; Optimal pipeline; Plant biomechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749105889     PISSN: 17366046     EISSN: 17367530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/proc.2008.3.07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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