The hydraulic architecture of conifers

Functional and Ecological Xylem Anatomy

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 39-75

  Hacke, Uwe G ^a   Lachenbruch, Barbara ^b   Pittermann, Jarmila ^c   Stefan, Mayr ^d   Domec, Jean Christophe ^e,f   Schulte, Paul J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Bordered pits; Drought stress; Freezing induced embolism; Hydraulic architecture; Hydraulic conductivity; Needle hydraulics; Phenotypic plasticity; Pit membrane; Timberline trees; Tracheids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943594703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15783-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

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