Ecological Strategies of Xylem Evolution

By S. Carlquist. 2023

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Wood anatomy and hydraulic architecture of stems and twigs of some Mediterranean trees and shrubs along a mesic-xeric gradient (2008, background): “Hydraulic architecture plays a fundamental role in the adaptive strategies of plants (Carlquist 1975, 1983, 1989; Zimmermann 1978, 1983; Baas and Carlquist 1985; Baas and Schweingruber 1987; Tyree and Sperry 1989; Tyree and Ewers 1991; Tyree et al. 1994; Hacke and Sperry 2001; Sperry 2003; Baas et…”
Variations In Dieot Wood Anatomy: A Global Analysis Based on the Insidewood Database (2007, background): “, Carlquist 2001). Carlquist noted that Harrarʼs 1946 work supported that expectation, but Frison (1948) disagreed with that generalization.”
VESSEL REDUNDANCY: MODELING SAFETY IN NUMBERS (2007, background): “This would explain the greater vessel frequency (Carlquist 1975; Baas et al. 1983) and greater cavitation resistance found in woody plants from colder and more arid environments (Maharali et al.”
Lianas may be favoured by low rainfall: evidence from Ghana (2007, background): “Evolution has produced a wide range of xylem types, and wide vessels in woody plants are typically a feature of plants, which grow fast and inhabit wet places (Carlquist 1975).”
Branch xylem density variations across the Amazon Basin (2009, background): “As the structure of xylem tissue changes as a result of environmental requirements and phylogenetic constrains, so does xylem function (Carlquist, 1975; Tyree and Ewers, 1991; Niklas, 1992; Gartner, 1995; Tyree and Zimmermann, 2002; Bass et al., 2004) and the quantity of stored carbon within this…”
Elegance versus Speed: Examining the Competition between Conifer and Angiosperm Trees (2012, background): “…are not synonymous, and explanations for the apparent displacement of gymnosperms from their ecologically dominant role in the canopy of Early Cretaceous forests have largely focused on vegetative characteristics (Carlquist 1975; Bond 1989; Berendse and Scheffer 2009; Brodribb and Feild 2010).”
EFFECTS OF A SEVERE DROUGHT ON GROWTH AND WOOD ANATOMICAL PROPERTIES OF QUERCUS FAGINEA (2004, background): “Castro-Díez and Montserrat-Martí (1998) found that the phenological pattern of Q.”
Interspecific Relationships among Growth, Mortality and Xylem Traits of Woody Species from New Zealand (2010, background): “For example, an increase in wood density should reduce the space in the stem that is available to the hydraulic pathway (lumen fraction), leading to higher resistance to water conductance and reduced photosynthetic capacity (Carlquist 1975).”
Xylem heterochrony: an unappreciated key to angiosperm origin and diversifications. (2009, background): “Such vessel elements are related to mesic ecology (Carlquist, 1975) and the groups that contain such vessels may have had long histories of occupation of mesic habitats.”
Hydraulic Consequences of Vessel Evolution in Angiosperms (2007, background): “This result contradicts the hypothesis that the advantage of lower flow resistance drove the evolution of vessels from tracheids (Carlquist 1975; Zimmermann 1983; Bond 1989).”
How wood evolves: a new synthesis (2012, background): “If one makes calculations of vessel area per square millimetre of transection (Carlquist 1975, p. 206), one finds that different plant types differ quite markedly: trees have 0.24 mm2 vessel area/mm2 of transection; lianas, 0.36; shrubs, 0.19; and stem succulents, 0.09.”
Water Transport in Vesselless Angiosperms: Conducting Efficiency and Cavitation Safety (2007, background): “Although the anatomy of vesselless wood has been well studied (Bailey 1953; Carlquist 1975, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992a, 1992b), until relatively recently, its functional properties have attracted less attention (Feild and Holbrook 2000; Feild et al. 2000, 2002; Feild and Arens 2005).”
Phylogenetics and Classification of Cunoniaceae (Oxalidales) Using Chloroplast DNA Sequences and Morphology (2009, result): “Dickison (1980) noted that ‘‘advanced’’ wood anatomy (i.e., simple perforations) was more common in large trees and plants inhabiting drier, or more seasonal environments, which agrees with the observations of Carlquist (1975).”
Leaf Maximum Photosynthetic Rate and Venation Are Linked by Hydraulics1[W][OA] (2007, background): “Evolutionary innovations in xylem structure that increase hydraulic efficiency while maintaining the continuity of the water column have been crucial to the success of the vascular plants (Carlquist, 1975; Niklas, 1985; Sperry, 2003).”