Xylem water-conducting patterns of 34 broadleaved evergreen trees in southern Japan

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 571-583

  Umebayashi, Toshihiro ^a   Utsumi, Yasuhiro ^b   Koga, Shinya ^b   Inoue, Susumu ^b   Matsumura, Junji ^b   Oda, Kazuyuki ^b   Fujikawa, Seizo ^c   Arakawa, Keita ^c   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broadleaved evergreen tree; Diffuse porous; Non vessel; Radial porous; Semi ring porous

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RING; BROADLEAVED; CONDUIT DIAMETER; DIFFUSE-POROUS; DYE INJECTION METHOD; EARLYWOOD; EVERGREEN SPECIES; EVERGREEN TREES; RING-POROUS; SEMI-RING; VESSEL DIAMETER; WATER TRANSPORT;

FORESTRY;

WATER INJECTION;

DIFFUSE POROUS WOOD; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; JAPAN; TREES; XYLEM;

EID: 77952394068     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0428-7     Document Type: Article

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