Scaling of angiosperm xylem structure with safety and efficiency.

By Uwe G Hacke, J. Sperry, James K. Wheeler, L. Castro. Tree Physiology, 2006

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science

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Tolerance to low leaf water status of tropical tree seedlings is related to drought performance and distribution. (2009, neutral): “This mechanism has frequently been suggested although the relationship has not been consistently demonstrated (Brodribb & Hill 1999; Pockman & Sperry 2000; Hacke et al. 2006).”
Biological constraints on water transport in the soil–plant–atmosphere system (2013, background): “Large hydraulic conductivity is associated with low wood density [132,133] and, more importantly, large vessels with a high number of relatively wide inter-vessel pits that tend to cavitate first as w decreases (kP / r(4), as from the Hagen–Poiseuille relationship) [134,135].”
Variation of xylem vessel diameters across a climate gradient: insight from a reciprocal transplant experiment with a widespread boreal tree (2015, background): “With respect to such hydraulic traits, many studies have looked at interspecific differences in different environments or along environmental gradients (Maherali, Pockman & Jackson 2004; Hacke et al. 2006; Jacobsen et al. 2007; Jansen, Choat & Pletsers 2009).”
Xylem hydraulic physiology: the functional backbone of terrestrial plant productivity. (2009, background): “dangerous xylem cavitation requires a reduction in the porosity of the pitmembranes that join xylem conduits reducing the efficiency of water flow in the xylem [90].”
Anatomical changes induced by increasing NaCl salinity in three fodder shrubs, Nitraria retusa, Atriplex halimus and Medicago arborea (2009, background): “In fact, this change in xylem structure can affect water transport capacity (Tyree et al. 1994; Choat et al. 2005; Hacke et al. 2006).”
The plant vascular system: evolution, development and functions. (2013, background): “This hypothesis is supported by the general trend for larger vessels to be more vulnerable to cavitation (because they would have more pits), and by a correlation between the extent of inter-conduit pit area and increasing vulnerability (Hacke et al. 2006; Christman et al. 2009; Christman et al. 201”
Water Transport in Vesselless Angiosperms: Conducting Efficiency and Cavitation Safety (2007, background): “Data were obtained from branch wood of 19 vesselless angiosperms: Amborella trichopoda, Trochodendron aralioides, Tetracentron sinense, and 16 Winteraceae from Tasmannia, Zygogynum, Bubbia, Pseudowintera, and Drimys.”
Elegance versus Speed: Examining the Competition between Conifer and Angiosperm Trees (2012, background): “Support for this has been found across a broad sampling of angiosperms (Hacke et al. 2006, 2007; Hacke and Jansen 2009).”
A safe hydraulic architecture as wood anatomical explanation for the difference in distribution of the mangroves Avicennia and Rhizophora (2009, background): “contrary, a higher vessel grouping can also increase cavitation probability as vessel contact, influencing the spread of embolisms, is more intense (Wheeler et al. 2005; Hacke et al. 2006; Choat et al. 2008).”
Variations In Dieot Wood Anatomy: A Global Analysis Based on the Insidewood Database (2007, background): “More recently assumptions about the functional significance of these variations have been tested experimentally, with particular emphasis on the trade-offs between safety and efficiency of water transport, and most recently, the role of pits and pit membrane structure (e.g., Ewers 1985; Tyree et al.”
Hydraulic properties and photosynthetic rates in co-occurring lianas and trees in a seasonal tropical rainforest in southwestern China (2009, background): “…if such a trade-off has an evolutionary basis, low cavitation resistance could be maintained in the habitats where high conductivity is adaptive (Maherali et al. 2004) and the sacrificial strategy of lianas might be adaptive for a habitat where water stress is generally modest (Hacke et al. 2006).”