Spatial distribution and packing of xylem conduits

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1189-1196

  Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a,b   Mencuccini, Maurizio ^a,c   Álvarez, Xavier ^b   Camacho, Juan ^b   Loepfe, Lasse ^a   Piñol, Josep ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Embolism; Hydraulic conductivity; Network connectivity; Packing; Water transport; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY; CAVITATION; CONNECTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOLOGY; VULNERABILITY; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; XYLEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84863882638     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100384     Document Type: Article

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