Comparison of tissue heat balance- and thermal dissipation-derived sap flow measurements in ring-porous oaks and a pine

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Renninger, Heidi J ^a   Schäfer, Karina V R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granier calibration; Pinus; Quercus; Sap flux; Thermal dissipation; Tissue heat balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886405417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00103     Document Type: Article

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