Three-dimensional xylem networks and phyllode properties of co-occurring Acacia

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2149-2158

  Page, Gerald F M ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Grierson, Pauline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia aneura; Acacia ayersiana; Drought tolerance; Hydraulic redundancy; Sectoriality; Theoretical specific leaf conductivity; Xylem connectivity

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARIDITY; COEXISTENCE; CONNECTIVITY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF AREA; LEGUME; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; XYLEM;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XYLEM;

ACACIA; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; XYLEM;

ACACIA; ACACIA ANEURA; ACACIA AYERSIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYLLODES;

EID: 80955145819     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02411.x     Document Type: Article

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