Xylem root and shoot hydraulics is linked to life history type in chaparral seedlings
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Robert B. Pratt*, Gretchen B. North, Anna L. Jacobsen, Frank W. Ewers and Stephen D. Davis Department of Biology, California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California 93311, USA; Department of Biology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California 90041, USA; Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California 91768, USA; and Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California 90263, USA
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