On xylem hydraulic efficiencies, wood space-use and the safety-efficiency tradeoff: Comment on Gleason et al. (2016) 'Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species'

New Phytol. 2016 Sep;211(4):1152-5. doi: 10.1111/nph.14044. Epub 2016 Jun 27.
No abstract available

Keywords: efficiency; hydraulics; mechanical stress; space-use; tradeoff.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Environment
  • Plant Transpiration
  • Water
  • Wood*
  • Xylem*

Substances

  • Water