Bark functional ecology: Evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 486-497

  Rosell, Julieta A ^a   Gleason, Sean ^a   Méndez Alonzo, Rodrigo ^b   Chang, Yvonne ^a   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark; Bark thickness; Biomechanics; Fire ecology; Tradeoffs; Trait ecology; Water storage; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BARK; BIOMECHANICS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TRADE-OFF; WATER CONTENT; WATER STORAGE; WOOD; XYLEM;

WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; BARK; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENT; FIRE; METABOLISM; MEXICO; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; MEXICO; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BARK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 84890801223     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12541     Document Type: Article

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