Xylem function and climate adaptation in Pinus

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1437-1445

  Creese, Chris ^a,b   Benscoter, Allison M ^a,c   Maherali, Hafiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate; Correlated evolution; Functional traits; Water use efficiency; Wood density

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CAVITATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; FREEZE TOLERANCE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOISTURE CONTENT; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RANGE SIZE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOOD; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; XYLEM;

EID: 84858409709     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100123     Document Type: Article

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