Leaf hydraulic capacity in ferns, conifers and angiosperms: Impacts on photosynthetic maxima

New Phytologist

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 839-846

  Brodribb, Tim J ^a,b   Holbrook, N Michele ^b   Zwieniecki, Maciej A ^c   Palma, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Conifers; Ferns; Hydraulic conductance; Leaf hydraulics; Photosynthesis; Stomatal coordination

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; CONIFEROUS TREE; FERN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; FERN; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANGIOSPERMS; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; FERNS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 14244262239     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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