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A broad survey of hydraulic and mechanical safety in the xylem of conifers

Drought-induced forest dieback has been widely reported over the last decades, and the evidence for a direct causal link between survival and hydraulic failure (xylem cavitation) is now well known. Because vulnerability to cavitation is intimately linked to the anatomy of the xylem, the main objecti...

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Autores principales: Bouche, Pauline S., Larter, Maximilien, Domec, Jean-Christophe, Burlett, Régis, Gasson, Peter, Jansen, Steven, Delzon, Sylvain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4112641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24916072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eru218