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Evidence from Amazonian forests is consistent with isohydric control of leaf water potential

  1. ROSIE A. FISHER1,*,
  2. MATHEW WILLIAMS1,
  3. RAQUEL LOBO DO VALE2,
  4. ANTONIO LOLA DA COSTA3,
  5. PATRICK MEIR1

Article first published online: 23 SEP 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01407.x

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Plant, Cell & Environment

Plant, Cell & Environment

Volume 29, Issue 2, pages 151–165, February 2006

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FISHER, R. A., WILLIAMS, M., DO VALE, R. L., DA COSTA, A. L. and MEIR, P. (2006), Evidence from Amazonian forests is consistent with isohydric control of leaf water potential. Plant, Cell & Environment, 29: 151–165. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01407.x

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  1. 1

    School of GeoScience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK,

  2. 2

    Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada de Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal and

  3. 3

    Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

*Rosie A. Fisher. E-mail: rosie.fisher@ed.ac.uk

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  1. Issue published online: 23 SEP 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 SEP 2005
  3. Received 17 March 2005; received in revised form 25 March 2005; accepted for publication 1 June 2005

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