Measurements of stem xylem hydraulic conductivity in the laboratory and field

Measurements of stem xylem hydraulic conductivity in the laboratory and field Peter J. Melcher, N. Michele Holbrook, Michael J. Burns, Maciej A. Zwieniecki, Alexander R. Cobb, Timothy J. Brodribb, Brendan Choat and Lawren Sack* Department of Biology, Center for Natural Sciences, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA; Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 125 Arborway, Boston, MA 02130-3500, USA; Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Buona Vista, Singapore; School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia; University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Richmond NSW 2753, Australia; and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, 621 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA