Why do trees adjust water relations and hydraulic architecture in response to nutrient availability?
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1Laboratorio de Ecología Funcional (LEF), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 2Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; 3Department of Biology, University of Miami, PO Box 249118, Coral Gables, FL, USA; 4Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Eco-fisiológicos (GEBEF), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina; 5Corresponding author ([email protected])
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Tree physiology
دوره 33 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013