Hydraulic properties of fern sporophytes: Consequences for ecological and evolutionary diversification

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2007-2019

  Watkins Jr , James E ^a   Holbrook, N Michele ^b   Zwieniecki, Maciej A ^b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air seeding; Epiphyte; Hydraulic conductivity; Pteridophtyes; Safety efficiency trade off; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; EPIPHYTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FERN; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SPOROPHYTE; STEM; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

FILICOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 78649761767     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000124     Document Type: Article

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