Are leaves 'freewheelin'? Testing for a Wheeler-type effect in leaf xylem hydraulic decline

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 534-543

  Scoffoni, Christine ^a   Sack, Lawren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Evaporative flux method; Hydraulic resistance; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CAVITATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF; TENSION; XYLEM;

WATER;

ERICACEAE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IVY; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SALVIA; XYLEM;

ERICACEAE; HEDERA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; QUERCUS; SALVIA; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84922677898     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12413     Document Type: Article

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