Hydraulic conductance of Acacia phyllodes (foliage) is driven by primary nerve (vein) conductance and density

Sommerville, Katy; Sack, Lawren; Ball, Marilyn

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Hydraulic conductance of Acacia phyllodes (foliage) is driven by primary nerve (vein) conductance and density

Date

2012

Authors

Sommerville, Katy

Sack, Lawren

Ball, Marilyn

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We determined effects of venation traits on hydraulic conductance of phyllodes (foliage), using an array of Acacia s.str. species with diverse phyllode morphologies as the source of variation. Measurements were made on phyllodes from 44 species, grown in