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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - Defining plant hydraulic traits is central to the quantification of ecohydrological
    processes ranging from land-atmosphere interactions, to tree mortality and water-carbon
    budgets. A key plant trait is the xylem specific hydraulic conductivity (Kx),
    that describes the plant's vascular system capacity to transport water. While
    xylem's vessels and tracheids are dead upon maturity, the xylem is neither inert
    nor deadwood, various components of the sapwood and surrounding tissue remaining
    alive and functional. Moreover, the established definition of Kx assumes linear
    relations between water flux and pressure gradient by tacitly considering the
    xylem as a “passive conduit”. Here, we re-examine this notion of an inert xylem
    by systematically characterizing xylem flow in several woody plants using Kx measurements
    under constant and cyclic pressure gradients. Results show a temporal and pressure
    gradient dependence of Kx. Additionally, microscopic features in “living branches”
    are irreversibly modified upon drying of the xylem, thus differentiating the macroscopic
    definition of Kx for living and dead xylem. The findings highlight the picture
    of the xylem as a complex and delicate conductive system whose hydraulic behaviour
    transcends a passive gradient-based flow. The study sheds new light on xylem conceptualization,
    conductivity measurement protocols, in situ long-distance water transport and
    ecosystem modelling.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Sara
      foaf_name: Bonetti, Sara
      foaf_surname: Bonetti
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Daniel
      foaf_name: Breitenstein, Daniel
      foaf_surname: Breitenstein
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Simone
      foaf_name: Fatichi, Simone
      foaf_surname: Fatichi
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=cf8e546b-a9b0-11f0-a43b-aa89ed1b56d6
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jean‐Christophe
      foaf_name: Domec, Jean‐Christophe
      foaf_surname: Domec
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Dani
      foaf_name: Or, Dani
      foaf_surname: Or
  bibo_doi: 10.1111/pce.13893
  bibo_issue: '2'
  bibo_volume: 44
  dct_date: 2021^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0140-7791
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1365-3040
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Wiley@
  dct_subject:
  - Plant hydraulic traits
  - Plant vascular system
  - Sapflow
  - Xylem conductivity measurements
  dct_title: Persistent decay of fresh xylem hydraulic conductivity varies with pressure
    gradient and marks plant responses to injury@
  fabio_hasPubmedId: '32964494 '
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