The ecophysiology of xylem hydraulic constraints by "basal" vessels in canella winterana (canellaceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 879-888

  Feild, Taylor S ^a   Hudson, Patrick J ^a,b   Balun, Lawong ^a,c   Chatelet, David S ^a,d   Patino, Angela A ^a   Sharma, Chait A ^e   McLaren, Kurt ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Bulolo University College   (Papua New Guinea)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Early angiosperm evolution; Hydraulic constraint; Plasticity; Vessel evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; DROUGHT STRESS; DRY FOREST; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VOLUME; XYLEM;

CANELLA; CANELLA WINTERANA; CANELLACEAE; MAGNOLIIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84860389123     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660106     Document Type: Article

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