Tip‐to‐base xylem conduit widening as an adaptation: causes, consequences, and empirical priorities
In the stems of terrestrial vascular plants studied to date, the diameter of xylem water‐
conducting conduits D widens predictably with distance from the stem tip L approximating …
conducting conduits D widens predictably with distance from the stem tip L approximating …
Safety and efficiency conflicts in hydraulic architecture: scaling from tissues to trees
JS Sperry, FC Meinzer… - Plant, Cell & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Tree hydraulic architecture exhibits patterns that propagate from tissue to tree scales. A
challenge is to make sense of these patterns in terms of trade‐offs and adaptations. The …
challenge is to make sense of these patterns in terms of trade‐offs and adaptations. The …
Plant height and hydraulic vulnerability to drought and cold
Understanding how plants survive drought and cold is increasingly important as plants
worldwide experience dieback with drought in moist places and grow taller with warming in …
worldwide experience dieback with drought in moist places and grow taller with warming in …
Effects of size, competition and altitude on tree growth
Summary 1 Understanding the factors influencing tree growth is central to forest ecology
because of the significance of growth to forest structure and biomass. One of the simplest …
because of the significance of growth to forest structure and biomass. One of the simplest …
Universal hydraulics of the flowering plants: vessel diameter scales with stem length across angiosperm lineages, habits and climates
Angiosperm hydraulic performance is crucially affected by the diameters of vessels, the
water conducting conduits in the wood. Hydraulic optimality models suggest that vessels …
water conducting conduits in the wood. Hydraulic optimality models suggest that vessels …
Designing a solar interfacial evaporator based on tree structures for great coordination of water transport and salt rejection
Z Xu, X Ran, Z Zhang, M Zhong, D Wang, P Li… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar interfacial evaporation has been receiving increasing attention but it is still a huge
challenge to achieve excellent coordination between efficient water transport and salt …
challenge to achieve excellent coordination between efficient water transport and salt …
Bark functional ecology: evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity
The causes underlying bark diversity are unclear. Variation has been frequently attributed to
environmental differences across sites. However, variation may also result from tradeoffs …
environmental differences across sites. However, variation may also result from tradeoffs …
From xylogenesis to tree rings: wood traits to investigate tree response to environmental changes
It is noteworthy that the largest part of global vegetation biomass depends on a thin layer of
cells: the vascular cambium. Understanding the wood formation processes and relationships …
cells: the vascular cambium. Understanding the wood formation processes and relationships …
Cambial phenology, wood formation and temperature thresholds in two contrasting years at high altitude in southern Italy
A Deslauriers, S Rossi, T Anfodillo… - Tree physiology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Xylogenesis was monitored during 2003 and 2004 in a timberline environment in southern
Italy to assess links between temperature, cambial phenology and wood formation on a …
Italy to assess links between temperature, cambial phenology and wood formation on a …
Plant biomechanics in an ecological context
Fundamental plant traits such as support, anchorage, and protection against environmental
stress depend substantially on biomechanical design. The costs, subsequent trade‐offs, and …
stress depend substantially on biomechanical design. The costs, subsequent trade‐offs, and …