Trends in wood density and structure are linked to prevention of xylem implosion by negative pressure

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 457-461

  Hacke, Uwe G ^a   Sperry, John S ^a   Pockman, William T ^b   Davis, Stephen D ^c   McCulloh, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological wood anatomy; Hydraulic architecture; Water transport; Wood density; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035034140     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100628     Document Type: Article

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