%0 Journal Article
%T Embolism resistance in stems of herbaceous Brassicaceae and Asteraceae is linked to differences in woodiness and precipitation
%A Cynthia Meijs
%A Diego Sotto Podadera
%A Erik Smets
%A Frederic Lens
%A Larissa Chacon D¨®ria
%A Marcelino Del Arco
%A Sylvain Delzon
%J Archive of "Annals of Botany".
%D 2019
%R 10.1093/aob/mcy233
%X Plant survival under extreme drought events has been associated with xylem vulnerability to embolism (the disruption of water transport due to air bubbles in conduits). Despite the ecological and economic importance of herbaceous species, studies focusing on hydraulic failure in herbs remain scarce. Here, we assess the vulnerability to embolism and anatomical adaptations in stems of seven herbaceous Brassicaceae species occurring in different vegetation zones of the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, and merged them with a similar hydraulic¨Canatomical data set for herbaceous Asteraceae from Tenerife
%K Canary Islands
%K drought
%K embolism resistance
%K herbaceous species
%K stem anatomy
%K thickness of intervessel pit membranes
%K woodiness
%K xylem hydraulics
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6676380/