A biomechanical perspective on the role of large stem volume and high water content in baobab trees (Adansonia spp.; Bombacaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1251-1264

  Chapotin, Saharah Moon ^a   Razanameharizaka, Juvet H ^b   Holbrook, N Michele ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Biomechanics; Bombacaceae; Construction cost; Madagascar; Parenchyma; Safety factor; Water storage

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DECIDUOUS TREE; MORPHOLOGY; STEM; WATER CONTENT; WOOD;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 33749427983     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.9.1251     Document Type: Review

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