Xylem anisotropy and water transport - A model for the double sawcut experiment

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 901-913

  Schulte, Paul J ^a   Costa, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

anisotropic; conductivity; tensor; tracheid

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANISOTROPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STEMFLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOUGLAS FIR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XYLEM;

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT STEMS; PSEUDOTSUGA; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 77956277449     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq034     Document Type: Article

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