Contrasting hydraulic architecture and function in deep and shallow roots of tree species from a semi-arid habitat

Annals of Botany

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 617-627

  Johnson, Daniel M ^a   Brodersen, Craig R ^b   Reed, Mary ^b   Domec, Jean Christophe ^a,c   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; cavitation; drought; embolism; high resolution computed tomography; Quercus fusiformis; root integration; Sideroxylon lanuginosum; water potential; X ray; xylem vessels

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; DROUGHT STRESS; HABITAT TYPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROOT; ROOTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEDING; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; X-RAY; XYLEM;

WATER;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CAVITATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EMBOLISM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; QUERCUS FUSIFORMIS; ROOT INTEGRATION; SAPOTACEAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIDEROXYLON LANUGINOSUM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER POTENTIAL; WOOD; X-RAY; XYLEM; XYLEM VESSELS;

ANATOMY; CAVITATION; DROUGHT; EMBOLISM; HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUERCUS FUSIFORMIS; ROOT INTEGRATION; SIDEROXYLON LANUGINOSUM; WATER POTENTIAL; X-RAY; XYLEM VESSELS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; QUERCUS; SAPOTACEAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREES; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84895794100     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct294     Document Type: Article

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