The blind men and the elephant: the impact of context and scale in evaluating conflicts between plant hydraulic safety and efficiency

2010/07/28 by Frederick C. Meinzer, Katherine A. McCulloh, Barbara Lachenbruch +2 · 4 citations
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics #Tree-ring climate responses #Tree Root and Stability Studies

paper · doi:10.1007/s00442-010-1734-x

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