Climate-related trends in sapwood biophysical properties in two conifers: Avoidance of hydraulic dysfunction through coordinated adjustments in xylem efficiency, safety and capacitance

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 643-654

  Barnard, David M ^a,b,e   Meinzer, Frederick C ^c   Lachenbruch, Barbara ^b   Mcculloh, Katherine A ^b   Johnson, Daniel M ^d   Woodruff, David R ^c  

^a Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society ^*  (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Hydraulic architecture; Hydraulic conductivity; Water storage; Xylem embolism; Xylem vulnerability

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARIDITY; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER STORAGE; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DOUGLAS FIR; DROUGHT; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PONDEROSA PINE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; UNITED STATES; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PINUS PONDEROSA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PSEUDOTSUGA; WATER; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 79952499916     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02269.x     Document Type: Article

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