The impact of vessel size on vulnerability curves: Data and models for within-species variability in saplings of aspen, Populus tremuloides Michx

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1059-1069

  Cai, Jing ^a,b   Tyree, Melvin T ^b,c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air seeding hypothesis; Pit area hypothesis; Populus tremuloides; Vessel diameter; Weibull functions

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CAVITATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; SAPLING; VESSEL; VULNERABILITY; WEIBULL THEORY;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; POPULUS;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT STEMS; POPULUS; WATER;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 77954753627     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02127.x     Document Type: Article

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