A hydraulic explanation for size-specific plant shrinkage: Developmental hydraulic sectoriality

New Phytologist

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 229-240

  Salguero Gómez, Roberto ^a   Casper, Brenda B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptantha flava; Distance to xylem; Dye tracking; Fragmentation; Great Basin desert; Hydraulic integration sectoriality; Leaf water potential

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; DICOTYLEDON; DYE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; ROOT SYSTEM; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BORAGINACEAE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; XYLEM;

BORAGINACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; WATER; XYLEM;

BORAGINACEAE; CRYPTANTHA FLAVA;

EID: 78649744891     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03447.x     Document Type: Article

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