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The water balance in a plant is the product of water uptake and water loss. It is primarily dependent on available water reserves in the soil and the evaporative power of the atmosphere. Changes in these two ecological factors with altitude must be known if the water relations of trees at timberline are to be understood.
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Tranquillini, W. (1979). Water Relations of Trees at Timberline. In: Physiological Ecology of the Alpine Timberline. Ecological Studies, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67107-4_7
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