The hydraulic architecture of Juniperus communis L. ssp. communis: Shrubs and trees compared

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1545-1556

  Beikircher, Barbara ^a   Mayr, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Embolism; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic efficiency; Vulnerability; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY; CAVITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH FORM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SHOOT; SHRUB; STEM; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; JUNIPERUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TREE; XYLEM;

JUNIPERUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

CONIFERALES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 53349156972     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01860.x     Document Type: Article

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