Decoding leaf hydraulics with a spatially explicit model: Principles of venation architecture and implications for its evolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-460

  McKown, Athena D ^a   Cochard, Hervé ^b,c   Sack, Lawren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biological networks; Hydraulics; Leaf size; Sectoriality; Vein pattern; Xylem

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF AREA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; XYLEM;

EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; XYLEM;

EID: 77949507741     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650721     Document Type: Article

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