Extreme aridity pushes trees to their physical limits

Plant Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 804-807

  Larter, Maximilian ^a   Brodribb, Tim J ^b   Pfautsch, Sebastian ^c   Burlett, Régis ^a   Cochard, Hervé ^d   Delzon, Sylvain ^a  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AUSTRALIA; CONIFER; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

AUSTRALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84936157413     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00223     Document Type: Letter

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