Response to comment on Coomes et al. 'Scaling of xylem vessels and veins within the leaves of oak species'

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-382

  Coomes, D A ^a   Sack, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OAK; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XYLEM;

EID: 67649090618     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0178     Document Type: Note

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