Effects of ring-porous and diffuse-porous stem wood anatomy on the hydraulic parameters used in a water flow and storage model

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-52

  Steppe, Kathy ^a   Lemeur, Raoul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Fagus sylvatica; Hagen Poiseuille equation; Hydraulic capacitance; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic resistance; MicroCT; Quercus robur; Sap flow; Stem specific hydraulic conductivity; X ray computed microtomography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CALIBRATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ELASTICITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAP FLOW; WATER FLOW; XYLEM;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 33846878939     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.1.43     Document Type: Article

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