Contrasting whole-tree water use, hydraulics, and growth in a co-dominant diffuse-porous vs. ring-porous species pair

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 717-728

  von Allmen, Erica I ^a   Sperry, John S ^b   Bush, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological wood anatomy; Hydraulic architecture; Metabolic scaling; Tree ecophysiology; Water use efficiency; Xylem structure and function

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; HYDRAULICS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HYDRAULIC ARCHITECTURE; METABOLIC SCALING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOOD ANATOMY;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84939941062     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1149-0     Document Type: Article

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