Comment on "The blind men and the elephant: The impact of context and scale in evaluating conflicts between plant hydraulic safety and efficiency" by Meinzer et al. (2010)

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-274

  Petit, Giai ^a   Anfodillo, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conduit tapering; Hydraulic efficiency; Hydraulic safety; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

WATER;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; TRADE-OFF; XYLEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLISHING; SEASON; XYLEM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS; PUBLICATION BIAS; SEASONS; WATER; XYLEM;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78651417053     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1871-2     Document Type: Article

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