Modelling the mechanical behaviour of pit membranes in bordered pits with respect to cavitation resistance in angiosperms

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 325-334

  Tixier, Aude ^a,b   Herbette, Stephane ^a,b   Jansen, Steven ^c   Capron, Marie ^d   Tordjeman, Philippe ^d   Cochard, Hervé ^a,b   Badel, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Air seeding; Beech; Bordered pit membrane; Carpinus betulus; Cavitation resistance; Embolism; FAGUS sylvatica; Hornbeam; Mechanical modeling; Poplar; Populus tremula; Sorbus aria; Strain; Tree; Whitebeam; Wood; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL MEMBRANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; XYLEM;

EID: 84905663746     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu109     Document Type: Article

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