Structural and hydraulic correlates of heterophylly in Ginkgo biloba

New Phytologist

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 459-470

  Leigh, A ^a,d   Zwieniecki, M A ^b   Rockwell, F E ^b   Boyce, C K ^c   Nicotra, A B ^a   Holbrook, N M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ginkgo biloba; Heterophylly; Leaf anatomy; Leaf hydraulic conductance; Long shoot; Short shoot

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY; FOLIAGE; GAS EXCHANGE; GYMNOSPERM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ONTOGENY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHOOT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GAS; GINKGO BILOBA; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

GASES; GINKGO BILOBA; ORGAN SIZE; PERMEABILITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; WATER;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 78650409688     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03476.x     Document Type: Article

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