Hydraulics and mechanics of plants: Novelty, innovation and evolution

The Evolution of Plant Physiology: From whole plants to ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 297-325

  Rowe, Nick ^a   Speck, Thomas ^b  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84903343644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012339552-8/50017-2     Document Type: Chapter

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