Hydraulic differences along the water transport system of South American Nothofagus species: Do leaves protect the stem functionality?

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 880-893

  Bucci, Sandra J ^a,b   Scholz, Fabian G ^a,b   Campanello, Paula I ^b,c,d   Montti, Lia ^b,c   Jimenez Castillo, Mylthon ^e   Rockwell, Fulton A ^f   Manna, Ludmila La ^a,b,g   Guerra, Pedro ^a   Bernal, Pablo Lopez ^a,b,g   Troncoso, Oscar ^a   Enricci, Juan ^a   Holbrook, Michele N ^f   Goldstein, Guillermo ^b,c,h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGÍA SUBTROPICAL   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Centro de Investigacion y Extension Forestal Andino   (Argentina)

^h Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

congeneric species; hydraulic conductivity; leaf hydraulic conductance; vulnerability to cavitation; water relations

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; COMPENSATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; STEM; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSLOCATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER FLOW;

ARGENTINA; CHILE;

NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 84864602823     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps054     Document Type: Article

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