Evolution of Water Transport and Xylem Structure

By J. Sperry. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PLANT SCIENCES, 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. J. Doyle
2. L. Sack
3. I. Wright
4. M. Westoby
5. Michael J. Donoghue
6. Tim J. Brodribb
7. C. Scoffoni
8. T. Feild

In Global and Planetary Change

1. L. Sack
2. C. Scoffoni
3. Tim J. Brodribb
4. I. Wright
5. M. Westoby
6. T. Feild
7. Henrik Hartmann
8. V. de Micco

In Plant Science

1. L. Sack
2. C. Scoffoni
3. Tim J. Brodribb
4. Henrik Hartmann
5. M. Westoby
6. V. de Micco
7. T. Feild
8. Giovanna Aronne

Citations in the corpus

• Variations of Wood Anatomy and δ13C Within-Tree Rings of Coastal Pinus Pinaster Showing Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations (2007, background): “The anatomical characterization of latewood, IADF, late–earlywood and earlywood within tree rings may allow a better understanding of the contribution of each ring sector to the total water flow with the application of Poiseuilleʼs law (Zimmermann 1983; Sperry 2003 ).”
• Morpho-Anatomical Traits for Plant Adaptation to Drought (2012, background): “Considering the metabolic cost for the synthesis of xylem tissue, plants tailoring xylem formation to fit the expected evapo-transpirational demand of leaves should have an adaptive advantage during evolution (Sperry 2003).”
• ADAPTIVE VARIATION IN THE VULNERABILITY OF WOODY PLANTS TO XYLEM CAVITATION (2004, background): “2184 Key words: adaptation; climate; correlated evolution; hydraulic conductivity; independent contrasts; potential evapotranspiration; precipitation; temperature; vegetation; water-stress-induced xylem cavitation.”
• Viewing leaf structure and evolution from a hydraulic perspective (2010, background): “…to supply water is finite and the synthesis of xylem tissue is costly (6.5 and 11.8mmol glucose per g of cellulose and lignin, respectively (Lambers and Poorter 1992)) selection should favour plants that tailor hydraulic investment to fit the likely evaporational demand of a leaf (Sperry 2003).”
• Maximum leaf conductance driven by CO2 effects on stomatal size and density over geologic time (2009, background): “Reconstructions of gwmax from S and D in the fossil record have shown a systematic increase over geologic time (25), a pattern that mirrors the rise in land-plant diversity (26) and the coevolution of vascular water-conducting capacity (27).”
• Adaptation of olive (Olea europaea L.) to water-limited environments (2005, background): “Adaptation requires a fine balance because features that reduce vulnerability to cavitation, narrow conduits and many inter-conduit connections, also reduce hydraulic conductivity that generates the high xylem tensions that trigger cavitation (Sperry 2003).”
• The Physiology of Adaptation and Yield Expression in Olive (2010, background): “Adaptations to minimize the effect of embolisms on xylem hydraulic conductivity are found in short conduits and the generally complex pathway of water flow (Sperry 2003).”
• Leaf venation: structure, function, development, evolution, ecology and applications in the past, present and future. (2013, background): “2a,c,e) has possible benefits for certain species, for example, species under shade, or high water supply, corresponding to a reduced construction cost and displacement of mesophyll (Sporck & Sack, 2010).”
• Wood anatomy and hydraulic architecture of stems and twigs of some Mediterranean trees and shrubs along a mesic-xeric gradient (2008, background): “…and mechanical strength, have been widely investigated (Zimmermann 1982, 1983; Ewers 1985; Salleo and Lo Gullo 1993; Lo Gullo et al. 1995; Wagner et al. 1998; Martı́nez-Vilalta et al. 2002; Sperry 2003, Hacke et al. 2006; Pittermann et al. 2006; Sperry et al. 2006; Jacobsen et al. 2007a, b).”
• Fighting their last stand? A global analysis of the distribution and conservation status of gymnosperms (2015, background): “The explanation could be found in their wood and stem anatomy (Ewers, 1985; Sperry, 2003).”
• Coupling between the terrestrial carbon and water cycles—a review (2019, background): “…roots to the leaves), and therefore increases the risk of embolism (due to air bubble formation in the xylem blocking the liquid flow from roots to leaves) and to potential dysfunction of a plant’s hydraulic system (Sperry 2003, 2008, McDowell 2011, McDowell and Allen 2015, Sperry and Love 2015).”
• The Physicochemical Hydrodynamics of Vascular Plants (2014, unknown): “Such arguments depend on a large number of assumptions because of the complexity of interconnected evolutionary (Sperry 2003), ecological (Cramer 2012), and growth (Ryan & Yoder 1997, Netting 2009) phenomena that together determine observed traits; they should be treated with caution.”
• Quantitative Tracheid Anatomy Reveals a Complex Environmental Control of Wood Structure in Continental Mediterranean Climate (2012, background): “In part, this is because of the major role of xylem as a conductive system and because the relationship between anatomical and functional characteristics of conductive elements is relatively well known (Sperry 2003).”
• Plant morphology and root hydraulics are altered by nutrient deficiency in Pistacia lentiscus (L.) (2006, background): “However, under moderate water availability, limitations to water transport due to reductions in hydraulic conductance may enhance a conservative water use (Hubbard et al. 2001; Sperry 2003).”
• Land-plant ecology on the basis of functional traits. (2006, background): “Wood density is a moderately good predictor of resistance to drought-driven embolism [32,35], measured as how low stem water potential can fall before 50% of conductance is lost.”