Hydraulic connectivity from roots to branches depicted through sap flow: Analysis on a Quercus suber tree

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-115

  David, Teresa S ^a,d   David, Jorge S ^b,d   Pinto, Clara A ^a   Cermak, Jan ^c   Nadezhdin, Valery ^c   Nadezhdina, Nadezhda ^c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos I P Quinta do Marquês   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^d Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

connectivity index; heat field deformation method; hydraulic integration; hydraulic sectoriality

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HEAT FLUX; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); SAP FLOW; STEM; SURVIVAL; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

EID: 84857327345     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP11185     Document Type: Article

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