A quantitative and statistically robust method for the determination of xylem conduit spatial distribution

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1247-1259

  Mencuccini, Maurizio ^a,b   Martinez Vilalta, Jordi ^b   Piñol, Josep ^b   Loepfe, Lasse ^b   Mireia, Burnat ^b   Alvarez, Xavier ^b   Camacho, Juan ^b   Gil, Debora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geyer; Hydraulic conductivity; Point pattern analysis; Ripley; Spatstat; Vessel clusters; Xylem anatomy; Xylem network

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYLOGENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

EID: 77956008077     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900289     Document Type: Article

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