Functional coordination between leaf gas exchange and vulnerability to xylem cavitation in temperate forest trees

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 571-583

  Maherali, Hafiz ^a,b   Moura, Catarina F ^b   Caldeira, Maria C ^b,c   Willson, Cynthia J ^b   Jackson, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hydraulic architecture; Leaf and root coordination; Photosynthesis; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

CAVITATION; GAS EXCHANGE; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATE FOREST; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; UNITED STATES; XYLEM;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; NORTH CAROLINA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 33645406546     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01433.x     Document Type: Article

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