Branch junctions and the flow of water through xylem in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine stems

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 387, 2003, Pages 1597-1605

  Schulte, Paul J ^a   Brooks, J Renée ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductance; Modelling; Resistance; Tracheids; Water flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; WATER;

XYLEM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOUGLAS FIR; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT STEM; STAINING; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINUS; PLANT STEMS; PSEUDOTSUGA; STAINING AND LABELING; WATER;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0038050540     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg169     Document Type: Article

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