Recovery performance in xylem hydraulic conductivity is correlated with cavitation resistance for temperate deciduous tree species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 335-344

  Ogasa, Mayumi ^a,b   Miki, Naoko H ^a   Murakami, Yuki ^a   Yoshikawa, Ken ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

gas exchange; vessel refilling; water stress; water transport; xylem embolism; xylem structure

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BETULACEAE; DESICCATION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRUNUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; WILLOW; XYLEM;

BETULACEAE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DESICCATION; PLANT LEAVES; PRUNUS; SALIX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; XYLEM;

EID: 84877300909     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt010     Document Type: Article

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