Rare pits, large vessels and extreme vulnerability to cavitation in a ring-porous tree species

How reliable is the double-ended pressure sleeve technique for assessing xylem vulnerability to cavitation in woody angiosperms?

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A case-study of water transport in co-occurring ring- versus diffuse-porous trees: contrasts in water-status, conducting capacity, cavitation and vessel refilling

(2011) H. Taneda et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Testing hypotheses that link wood anatomy to cavitation resistance and hydraulic conductivity in the genus Acer

(2010) Frederic Lens et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Starch-to-sugar conversion in wood parenchyma of field-growingLaurus nobilisplants: a component of the signal pathway for embolism repair?

(2009) Sebastiano Salleo et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Structure and function of bordered pits: new discoveries and impacts on whole-plant hydraulic function

(2009) Brendan Choat et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Testing the ‘rare pit’ hypothesis for xylem cavitation resistance in three species of Acer

(2009) Mairgareth A. Christman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Wood anatomy constrains stomatal responses to atmospheric vapor pressure deficit in irrigated, urban trees

(2008) Susan E. Bush et al.   OECOLOGIA