Fraction of water that cycles each year from the land to the atmosphere that passes through the bodies of land plants

Value 0.667 unitless
Organism Biosphere
Reference Holbrook, N.M. and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2003. Plant Biology - Water gate. Nature 425, 361PubMed ID14508474
Primary Source Sack, L. & Tyree, M. T. in Movement ofWater and Carbohydrates in Plants: Integration of Long Distance Transport Processes eds Holbrook, N. M. & Zwieniecki, M. A.) (Academic, San Diego,
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