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Wood anatomy and plant hydraulics in a changing climate

Due to their hydraulic system that allows them to transport water from the soil to leaves, woody plants have become incredibly successful in terrestrial ecosystems since their evolution ~400 million years ago (Hartmann 2011). This vascular system lets trees conduct water from the soil up to more than 100 m (Koch et al. 2004), allowing trees to compete for light and...

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William R.L. Anderegg; Frederick C. Meinzer

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Drought, plant-water relations, tree mortality

Source:

U. Hacke, ed. Functional and ecological xylem anatomy. Springer International Publishing Switzerland: 235-253. Chapter 9.

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