Uptake of water via branches helps timberline conifers refill embolized xylem in late winter

Plant Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1731-1740

  Mayr, Stefan ^a   Schmid, Peter ^a   Laur, Joan ^b   Rosner, Sabine ^c   Charra Vaskou, Katline ^d   Dämon, Birgit ^a   Hacke, Uwe G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT STEM; SEASON; SPRUCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XYLEM;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; PICEA; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84898752187     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.236646     Document Type: Article

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