Why lose water at night? Disentangling the mystery of nocturnal sap flow, transpiration and stomatal conductance - When, where, who?

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 991, Issue , 2013, Pages 307-312

  Zeppel, M ^a   Logan, B ^b   Lewis, J D ^c   Phillips, N ^d   Tissue, D ^e  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Bowdoin University   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Embolism refilling; Eucalyptus; Hydraulic redistribution; Nocturnal sap flow; Nocturnal stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880324200     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.991.38     Document Type: Article

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