The maximum height of grasses is determined by roots

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 666-672

  Cao, Kun Fang ^a   Yang, Shi Jian ^a,b   Zhang, Yong Jiang ^a,b,c   Brodribb, Tim J ^d  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embolism; Height; Plant size; Refilling; Root; Root pressure; Xylem

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CLONE; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; ROOT SYSTEM; SIZE; STEM; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BAMBUSA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT;

BAMBUSA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

BAMBUSA; POACEAE;

EID: 84862122438     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01783.x     Document Type: Article

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