Vessel diameter-stem diameter scaling across woody angiosperms and the ecological causes of xylem vessel diameter variation

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1204-1213

  Olson, Mark E ^a   Rosell, Julieta A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Allometry; Comparative methods; Ecological wood anatomy; Optimality models; Scaling; Xylem hydraulics; Xylem vessels

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; DATA SET; DIAMETER; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STEM; WATER AVAILABILITY; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XYLEM;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT STEMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER; XYLEM;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84873259111     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12097     Document Type: Article

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