Wood anatomical correlates with theoretical conductivity and wood density across China: Evolutionary evidence of the functional differentiation of axial and radial parenchyma

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 927-935

  Zheng, Jingming ^a   Martínez Cabrera, Hugo I ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological strategies; evolutionary conservatism; hydraulic conductivity; parenchyma; water storage; wood anatomy; wood density

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CELL ORGANELLE; CORRELATION; DATABASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER STORAGE; WOOD; XYLEM;

CHINA;

EID: 84883214329     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct153     Document Type: Article

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