Patterns of leaf conductance and water potential of five Himalayan tree species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 689-699

  Poudyal, K ^a   Jha, P K ^a   Zobel, D B ^b   Thapa, C B ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Castanopsis indica; Drought; Quercus lanata; Quercus semecarpifolia; Rhododendron arboreum; Schima wallichii; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ELEVATION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL; PHULCHOWKI MOUNTAIN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS INDICA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS LANATA; QUERCUS SEMECARPIFOLIA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM; SCHIMA WALLICHII;

EID: 9244265001     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/24.6.689     Document Type: Article

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