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Nobody’s perfect: Can irregularities in pit structure influence vulnerability to cavitation?
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Plavcová, Lenka, Hacke, Uwe G., Klepsch, Matthias M., Jansen, Steven
Recent studies have suggested that species-specific pit properties such as pit membrane thickness, pit membrane porosity, torus-to-aperture diameter ratio and pit chamber depth influence xylem vulnerability to cavitation. Despite the indisputable importance of using mean pit characteristics,...
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Nobody’s perfect: Can irregularities in pit structure influence vulnerability to cavitation?
Download2013
Hacke, Uwe G., Plavcová, Lenka, Klepsch, Matthias M., Jansen, Steven
Recent studies have suggested that species-specific pit properties such as pit membrane thickness, pit membrane porosity, torus-to-aperture diameter ratio and pit chamber depth influence xylem vulnerability to cavitation. Despite the indisputable importance of using mean pit characteristics,...