Xylem cavitation vulnerability influences tree species' habitat preferences in miombo woodlands

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 711-720

  Vinya, Royd ^a,b   Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Fisher, Joshua B ^a   Brown, Nick ^c   Brodribb, Timothy J ^d   Aragao, Luiz E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Environmental and Plant Sciences   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Leaf specific conductivity; Miombo woodlands; Specific hydraulic conductivity; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; HABITAT SELECTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SHRUB; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST; VULNERABILITY; WOODLAND; XYLEM;

AFRICA;

WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; XYLEM; ZAMBIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WATER; XYLEM; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84885894550     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2671-2     Document Type: Article

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