Testing hypotheses that link wood anatomy to cavitation resistance and hydraulic conductivity in the genus Acer

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 709-723

  Lens, Frederic ^a,e   Sperry, John S ^b   Christman, Mairgareth A ^b   Choat, Brendan ^c   Rabaey, David ^a   Jansen, Steven ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acer; Cavitation resistance; Hydraulic conductivity; Pit structure; Rare pit hypothesis; Vessel distribution; Vessel wall thickenings; Wood density

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY; CAVITATION; DICOTYLEDON; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

ACER; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ACER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

ACER;

EID: 79954603168     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03518.x     Document Type: Article

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