Stem and leaf hydraulics of congeneric tree species from adjacent tropical savanna and forest ecosystems

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-415

  Hao, Guang You ^a,b   Hoffmann, William A ^c   Scholz, Fabian G ^d   Bucci, Sandra J ^d   Meinzer, Frederick C ^e   Franco, Augusto C ^f   Cao, Kun Fang ^a   Goldstein, Guillermo ^b,g  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Embolism; Phylogenetic inertia; Plant water relations; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SAVANNA; STEM;

EID: 41149119043     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0918-5     Document Type: Article

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