Theoretical considerations of optimal conduit length for water transport in vascular plants

New Phytologist

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-218

  Comstock, Jonathan P ^a,b   Sperry, John S ^a,b  

^a School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical optimization; Cavitation; Evolution of xylem; Hydraulic conductance; Vessel length; Water transport; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033667780     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00763.x     Document Type: Review

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