Tip‐to‐base xylem conduit widening as an adaptation: causes, consequences, and empirical priorities
In the stems of terrestrial vascular plants studied to date, the diameter of xylem water‐
conducting conduits D widens predictably with distance from the stem tip L approximating …
conducting conduits D widens predictably with distance from the stem tip L approximating …
Scaling of xylem vessel diameter with plant size: causes, predictions, and outstanding questions
Abstract Purpose of Review This review shows that a more or less constant rate of tip-to-
base vessel widening across species, together with the assumption that wider vessels are …
base vessel widening across species, together with the assumption that wider vessels are …
Universal hydraulics of the flowering plants: vessel diameter scales with stem length across angiosperm lineages, habits and climates
Angiosperm hydraulic performance is crucially affected by the diameters of vessels, the
water conducting conduits in the wood. Hydraulic optimality models suggest that vessels …
water conducting conduits in the wood. Hydraulic optimality models suggest that vessels …
Hydraulic adjustment of Scots pine across Europe
The variability of branch‐level hydraulic properties was assessed across 12 Scots pine
populations covering a wide range of environmental conditions, including some of the …
populations covering a wide range of environmental conditions, including some of the …
Bio‐Inspired Differential Capillary Migration of Aqueous Liquid Metal Ink for Rapid Fabrication of High‐Precision Monolayer and Multilayer Circuits
M Zhang, J Gong, H Chang, X Sun… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulating liquid metal inks to create conductive microstructures has attracted widespread
interest as liquid metal microstructures are turning into influential components in flexible …
interest as liquid metal microstructures are turning into influential components in flexible …
Designing a solar interfacial evaporator based on tree structures for great coordination of water transport and salt rejection
Z Xu, X Ran, Z Zhang, M Zhong, D Wang, P Li… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar interfacial evaporation has been receiving increasing attention but it is still a huge
challenge to achieve excellent coordination between efficient water transport and salt …
challenge to achieve excellent coordination between efficient water transport and salt …
Distilling allometric and environmental information from time series of conduit size: the standardization issue and its relationship to tree hydraulic architecture
Trees are among the best natural archives of past environmental information. Xylem
anatomy preserves information related to tree allometry and ecophysiological performance …
anatomy preserves information related to tree allometry and ecophysiological performance …
Axial conduit widening in woody species: a still neglected anatomical pattern
Within a tree the lumen of the xylem conduits varies widely (by at least 1 order of
magnitude). Transversally in the stem conduits are smaller close to the pith and larger in the …
magnitude). Transversally in the stem conduits are smaller close to the pith and larger in the …
Vessel diameter–stem diameter scaling across woody angiosperms and the ecological causes of xylem vessel diameter variation
Variation in angiosperm vessel diameter is of major functional significance. In the light of
recent models predicting optimal vessel taper given resistance imposed by conductive path …
recent models predicting optimal vessel taper given resistance imposed by conductive path …
Xylem vessel‐diameter–shoot‐length scaling: ecological significance of porosity types and other traits
Flowering plants predominantly conduct water in tubes known as vessels, with vessel
diameter playing a crucial role in plant adaptation to climate and reactions to climate …
diameter playing a crucial role in plant adaptation to climate and reactions to climate …