Stem hydraulic traits and leaf water-stress tolerance are co-ordinated with the leaf phenology of angiosperm trees in an Asian tropical dry karst forest

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-199

  Fu, Pei Li ^a,b   Jiang, Yan Juan ^a,b   Wang, Ai Ying ^c   Brodribb, Tim J ^d   Zhang, Jiao Lin ^a   Zhu, Shi Dan ^a,e   Cao, Kun Fang ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Simao Teacher's College   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

cavitation resistance; hydraulic conductivity; karst; leaf density; leaf habit; leaf water stress tolerance; phylogenetic independent contrasts; Tropical dry forest; wood density

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; COEXISTENCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KARST; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; TOLERANCE; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ASIA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CHINA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84863001362     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs092     Document Type: Article

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