Hydraulic properties of fronds from palms of varying height and habitat

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 925-935

  Renninger, Heidi J ^a   Phillips, Nathan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic limitation; Vessel refilling; Vulnerability curves

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY; HABITAT TYPE; HEIGHT; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LEAF; LEAF AREA; MONOCOTYLEDON; RAINFOREST; SWAMP; TRANSPIRATION; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; XYLEM;

ARECACEAE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

ARECACEAE; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA; WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA;

EID: 80855148235     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2038-5     Document Type: Article

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