Inter-tracheid pitting and the hydraulic efficiency of conifer wood: the role of tracheid allometry and cavitation protection.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  American-Eurasian journal of botany

• Publication date

  2006-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.3732/ajb.93.9.1265PMID 21642190
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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