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Hydraulic architecture of mangrove trees and its functional importance

Documents

Mangroves make a virtue of necessity-Robert E.pdf

Related publications

Salinity fluctuations in the mangrove forest of Gazi Bay, Kenya: lessons to take for future research
Ecologie en herstel van mangrovesystemen in Kenya. Bespreking van de dissertatie van James Gitundu Kairo
High-resolution time-series of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in the mangrove Rhizophora mucronata: an environmental or post-photosynthetic signal?
Influence of a salinity gradient on the vessel characters of the mangrove species Rhizophora mucronata
A patchy growth via successive and simultaneous cambia: key to success of the most widespread mangrove species Avicennia marina?
Intervessel pit structure and histochemistry of two mangrove species as revealed by cellular UV microspectrophotometry and electron microscopy: intraspecific variation and functional significance
Comparative anatomy of intervessel pits in two mangrove species growing along a natural salinity gradient in Gazi Bay, Kenya
A safe hydraulic architecture as wood anatomical explanation for the difference in distribution of the mangroves Avicennia and Rhizophora
The mangrove vegetation of Gazi Bay (Kenya)
Nature and periodicity of growth rings in two Bangladeshi mangrove species
Annual cyclicity in high-resolution stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in the wood of the mangrove tree Rhizophora mucronata
Comparison between delta C-13 of alpha-cellulose and bulk wood in the mangrove tree Rhizophora mucronata: implications for dendrochemistry
Growth rings, growth ring formation and age determination in the mangrove Rhizophora mucronata
High-resolution time series of vessel density in Kenyan mangrove trees reveal a link with climate

Principal investigator:

Hans Beeckman

Dates:

2000

Museum staff:

Hans Beeckman

External collaborators:

Anouk Verheyden
Nele Schmitz
Elisabeth Robert