Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2180065 | Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants | 2011 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Plants from a temperate, semi-humid climate have the largest vessel diameter in basal branches and flowering shoots, while the vessel diameter of plants from an arid temperate climate in Central Asia is smallest. The vessel diameters depend not only on climate, but also on the position in the axial system of the plants. There is a trade-off between average vessel number and their maximum diameter in flowering shoots of populations from Russia and Mongolia. Thus, vessel diameters depend on both, position in the axial system of the plant and climatic conditions.
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Authors
Heike Heklau, Henrik von Wehrden,