What is it about?
Water transport in trees is a complex process. This review provides easy access to the basic principles and anatomical structures involved.
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Why is it important?
Trees and forests provide important goods and services. They are key components in global water cycle. As a result of environmental change, drought-related mortality of forest ecosystems seems to increase in many countries. Understanding the basics of water transport in trees is necessary to develop new management strategies that help reduce the rate at which forest health is declining.
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This page is a summary of: Hydraulic Anatomy and Function of Trees—Basics and Critical Developments, Current Forestry Reports, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s40725-016-0046-8.
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