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The Calibration and Use of Capacitance Sensors to Monitor Stem Water Content in Trees
Published on: December 27, 2017
CO2 efflux rates and xylem sap CO2 concentrations in detached branch segments of a young tree in relation to
1Laboratory for Plant Ecology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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