Changes in wood density, wood anatomy and hydraulic properties of the xylem along the root-to-shoot flow path in tropical rainforest trees

Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species

(2012) Sean M. Gleason et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Hydraulic conductivity traits predict growth rates and adult stature of 40 Asian tropical tree species better than wood density

(2012) Ze-Xin Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Phenotypic plasticity and water flux rates of Citrus root orders under salinity

(2012) Boris Rewald et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Root taxa identification in plant mixtures – current techniques and future challenges

(2012) Boris Rewald et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Vessel size and number are contributors to define wood density in cork oak

(2011) Sofia Leal et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Widening of xylem conduits in a conifer tree depends on the longer time of cell expansion downwards along the stem

(2011) Tommaso Anfodillo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

More than just a vulnerable pipeline: xylem physiology in the light of ion-mediated regulation of plant water transport

(2011) A. Nardini et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Diurnal cycles of embolism formation and repair in petioles of grapevine (Vitis vinifera cv. Chasselas)

(2011) V. Zufferey et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Comparative hydraulic architecture of tropical tree species representing a range of successional stages and wood density

(2011) Katherine A. McCulloh et al.   OECOLOGIA

Applying a universal scaling model to vascular allometry in a single-stemmed, monopodially branching deciduous tree (Attim's model)

(2011) P. Nygren et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Impacts of warming on tropical lowland rainforests

(2011) Richard T. Corlett   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Angiosperm wood structure: Global patterns in vessel anatomy and their relation to wood density and potential conductivity

(2010) Amy E. Zanne et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Within-individual variation of trunk and branch xylem density in tropical trees

(2010) C. Sarmiento et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Vessel diameter and xylem hydraulic conductivity increase with tree height in tropical rainforest trees in Sulawesi, Indonesia

(2010) Alexandra Zach et al.   FLORA

Forest aboveground biomass along an elevational transect in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the role of Fagaceae in tropical montane rain forests

(2010) Heike Culmsee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Mind the bubbles: achieving stable measurements of maximum hydraulic conductivity through woody plant samples

(2010) Susana Espino et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Do quantitative vessel and pit characters account for ion-mediated changes in the hydraulic conductance of angiosperm xylem?

(2010) Steven Jansen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Moving water well: comparing hydraulic efficiency in twigs and trunks of coniferous, ring-porous, and diffuse-porous saplings from temperate and tropical forests

(2010) Katherine McCulloh et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Sensing embolism in xylem vessels: the role of sucrose as a trigger for refilling

(2010) FRANCESCA SECCHI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Variable conductivity and embolism in roots and branches of four contrasting tree species and their impacts on whole-plant hydraulic performance under future atmospheric CO2 concentration

(2010) J.-C. Domec et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Hydraulic architecture and tracheid allometry in mature Pinus palustris and Pinus elliottii trees

(2010) C. A. Gonzalez-Benecke et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The effect of tree architecture on conduit diameter and frequency from small distal roots to branch tips in Betula pendula, Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris

(2010) A. Lintunen et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Wood anatomy and wood density in shrubs: Responses to varying aridity along transcontinental transects

(2009) Hugo I. Martínez-Cabrera et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Wood density and its radial variation in six canopy tree species differing in shade-tolerance in western Thailand

(2009) Charles A. Nock et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Interspecific relationships among growth, mortality and xylem traits of woody species from New Zealand

(2009) Sabrina E. Russo et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Murray's law, the ‘Yarrum’ optimum, and the hydraulic architecture of compound leaves

(2009) Katherine A. McCulloh et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The importance of wood traits and hydraulic conductance for the performance and life history strategies of 42 rainforest tree species

(2009) Lourens Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Decoupling the influence of leaf and root hydraulic conductances on stomatal conductance and its sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit as soil dries in a drained loblolly pine plantation

(2009) JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DOMEC et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Leaf hydraulic conductance, measured in situ, declines and recovers daily: leaf hydraulics, water potential and stomatal conductance in four temperate and three tropical tree species

(2009) D.M. Johnson et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Confronting Maxwell's demon: biophysics of xylem embolism repair

(2009) Maciej A. Zwieniecki et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The relationship between stem and branch wood specific gravity and the ability of each measure to predict leaf area

(2008) Nathan G. Swenson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Hydraulic traits are influenced by phylogenetic history in the drought-resistant, invasive genus Juniperus (Cupressaceae)

(2008) Cynthia J. Willson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Within-tree and between-tree variation of wood density components in cork oak trees in two sites in Portugal

(2008) S. Knapic et al.   FORESTRY

Safety and efficiency conflicts in hydraulic architecture: scaling from tissues to trees

(2008) JOHN S. SPERRY et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT