Leaf hydraulic architecture correlates with regeneration irradiance in tropical rainforest trees

New Phytologist

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 403-413

  Sack, Lawren ^a,b,c   Tyree, Melvin T ^b,d   Holbrook, N Michele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island (BCI); Biological networks; High pressure flowmeter (HPFM); Leaf hydraulics; Shade tolerance; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF; SHADE TOLERANCE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGENERATION; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

PHOTOBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAVES; REGENERATION; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 25144437527     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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