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Stomatal conductance and photosynthesis vary linearly with plant hydraulic conductance in ponderosa pine

  1. R. M. Hubbard1,
  2. M. G. Ryan2,
  3. V. Stiller3,
  4. J. S. Sperry3

Article first published online: 21 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2001.00660.x

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Plant, Cell & Environment

Volume 24, Issue 1, pages 113–121, January 2001

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Hubbard, R. M., Ryan, M. G., Stiller, V. and Sperry, J. S. (2001), Stomatal conductance and photosynthesis vary linearly with plant hydraulic conductance in ponderosa pine. Plant, Cell & Environment, 24: 113–121. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2001.00660.x

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  1. 1

    USDA Forest Service, Coweeta Hydrologic Lab., Coweeta Lab Rd. 3160, Otto, NC 28763, USA,

  2. 2

    USDA Forest Service, West Prospect Rd. 240, Fort Collins, CO80526, USA and

  3. 3

    Biology Department, University of Utah, 257S 1400E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA

* Correspondence: Robert M. Hubbard. Fax: +1 828 369 6768; e-mail: rhubbard@sparc.ecology.uga.edu

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