Diurnal changes in embolism rate in nine dry forest trees: Relationships with species-specific xylem vulnerability, hydraulic strategy and wood traits

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 694-705

  Trifilò, Patrizia ^a   Nardini, Andrea ^b   Gullo, Maria A Lo ^a   Barbera, Piera M ^c   Savi, Tadeja ^b   Raimondo, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisohydric; Drought stress; Embolism repair; Isohydric; P50; P88; Safety margin; Wood capacitance; Wood density

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; DRY FOREST; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPIRATION; WOOD; WOODY PLANT; XYLEM;

FOREST; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; WOOD; XYLEM;

FORESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84939636581     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv049     Document Type: Article

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