Xylem plasticity allows rapid hydraulic adjustment to annual climatic variability

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 485-496

  Bryukhanova, Marina ^a   Fonti, Patrick ^b  

^a SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Larix decidua; Picea abies; Plant water relations; Tracheid cell chronologies; Tree ring anatomy

Indexed keywords

LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES; PLANT-WATER RELATIONS; TRACHEID-CELL CHRONOLOGIES; TREE RINGS;

PLANTS (BOTANY); PLASTICITY;

FORESTRY;

ANATOMY; FORESTRY; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS; PLASTICITY;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84877799927     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0802-8     Document Type: Article

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