Observationmodel-written summary

Xylem vulnerability to embolism was relatively homogeneous among branches, with about 10-20% variation.

A claim from Increasing air-filled vessels has little influence on vulnerability to drought-induced embolism in two species with long maximum xylem vessel length but low vessel connectivity · 2025

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Xylem vulnerability to embolism was relatively homogeneous among branches, with about 10-20% variation.

Taxon
Acacia mearnsii De Wild. and Eucalyptus globulusEucalyptus globulusAcacia mearnsiie0
Outcome
Xylem vulnerability to embolisme3
Value
~10-20% variatione3

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Eucalyptus globulus
Eucalyptus globulus · TaxonMurray Fagg · CC BY 3.0 au · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Acacia mearnsii
Acacia mearnsii · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categorySAplants · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“(Acacia mearnsii De Wild. and Eucalyptus globulus Labill.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 600–658
e3

“Xylem vulnerability to embolism among all the branches measured from each of the two trees was relatively homogeneous with a ~10-20% variation”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1636–1778

Title

Increasing air-filled vessels has little influence on vulnerability to drought-induced embolism in two species with long maximum xylem vessel length but low vessel connectivity

Chris M Smith-Martin; Kate M Johnson; Shelley Urquhart; et al. Tree Physiology 2025. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpaf041

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