Hydraulics of Asteroxylon mackei, an early Devonian vascular plant, and the early evolution of water transport tissue in terrestrial plants

Geobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-130

  Wilson, J P ^a   Fischer, W W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DESICCATION; DEVONIAN; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOSSIL RECORD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRADE-OFF; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOPHYTA; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; STREPTOPHYTA;

ASTEROXYLON; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79851510077     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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