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Skip to Search Results- 4Basal Angiosperm Physiology
- 4Ecological Wood Anatomy
- 2Cavitation
- 2Vessel
- 2Vessel Evolution
- 2Vesselless Angiosperms
- 4Hacke, Uwe G.
- 4Sperry, John S.
- 2 Feild, Taylor S.
- 2 Feild, Taylor S.
- 2 Pittermann, Jarmila
- 2 Sano, Yuzou
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2007
Hacke, Uwe G., Feild, Taylor S., Sano, Yuzuo, Sperry, John S., Sikkema, Elzard H.
We tested two hypotheses for how vessel evolution in angiosperms influenced xylem function. First, the transition to vessels decreased resistance to flow—often considered the driving force for their evolution. Second, the transition to vessels compromised safety from cavitation—a constraint...
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2007
Sano, Yuzuo, Hacke, Uwe G., Sperry, John S., Sikkema, Elzard H., Feild, Taylor S.
We tested two hypotheses for how vessel evolution in angiosperms influenced xylem function. First, the transition to vessels decreased resistance to flow—often considered the driving force for their evolution. Second, the transition to vessels compromised safety from cavitation—a constraint...
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2007
Hacke, Uwe G., Sperry, John S., Sikkema, Elzard H., Pittermann, Jarmila, Feild, Taylor S., Sano, Yuzou
Two structure‐function hypotheses were tested for vesselless angiosperm wood. First, vesselless angiosperm wood should have much higher flow resistance than conifer wood because angiosperm tracheids lack low‐resistance torus‐margo pits. Second, vesselless wood ought to be exceptionally safe from...
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2007
Sano, Yuzou, Pittermann, Jarmila, Sikkema, Elzard H., Hacke, Uwe G., Sperry, John S., Feild, Taylor S.
Two structure‐function hypotheses were tested for vesselless angiosperm wood. First, vesselless angiosperm wood should have much higher flow resistance than conifer wood because angiosperm tracheids lack low‐resistance torus‐margo pits. Second, vesselless wood ought to be exceptionally safe from...