Whole-plant capacitance, embolism resistance and slow transpiration rates all contribute to longer desiccation times in woody angiosperms from arid and wet habitats

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 275-284

  Gleason, Sean M ^a   Blackman, Chris J ^a   Cook, Alicia M ^a   Laws, Claire A ^a   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cavitation; conductance; drought; saturated water content

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARIDITY; CAVITATION; DESICCATION; HYDRATION; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPIRATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CAVITATION; CONDUCTANCE; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HUMIDITY; P50; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SATURATED WATER CONTENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; WOOD;

CAVITATION; CONDUCTANCE; DROUGHT; P50; SATURATED WATER CONTENT;

ANGIOSPERMS; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 84897414206     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu001     Document Type: Article

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