Xylem function of arid-land shrubs from California, USA: An ecological and evolutionary analysis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1324-1333

  Hacke, U G ^a   Jacobsen, A L ^b   Pratt, R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation resistance; Chaparral; Coastal sage; Ecological wood anatomy; Hydraulic conductivity; Mojave Desert; Pit area hypothesis

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARID REGION; CHAPARRAL; COASTAL ZONE; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANE; PHYLOGENETICS; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOOD; XYLEM;

CALIFORNIA; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949136466     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02000.x     Document Type: Article

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