Impacts of tree height on leaf hydraulic architecture and stomatal control in Douglas-fir

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 559-569

  Woodruff, David R ^a,b   Mcculloh, Katherine A ^b   Warren, Jeffrey M ^a   Meinzer, Frederick C ^a   Lachenbruch, Barbara ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth limitation; Leaf hydraulic conductance; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Stomatal conductance; Water stress

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEIGHT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOUGLAS FIR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SWEATING; TREE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XYLEM;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PSEUDOTSUGA; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 34047239509     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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