Effects of tension wood on specific conductivity and vulnerability to embolism of Quercus ilex seedlings grown at two atmospheric CO2 concentrations

Tree Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 387-395

  Gartner, Barbara L ^a   Roy, Jacques ^a   Huc, Roland ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological wood anatomy; Evergreen; Hydraulic architecture; Mediterranean; Structure function relationship

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOADING; SEEDLING; TENSION; VULNERABILITY;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0038580912     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/23.6.387     Document Type: Article

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