Vessel diameter-stem diameter scaling across woody angiosperms and the ecological causes of xylem vessel diameter variation.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  New Phytologist

• Publication date

  2013-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/nph.12097PMID 23278439
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