Xylem vessel traits predict the leaf phenology of native and non-native understorey species of temperate deciduous forests

Agriculture & Biology

• temperate forests 90%
• xylem vessels 87%
• deciduous forests 87%
• leaf characteristics 87%
• understory 78%
• phenology 72%
• autumn 23%
• leaf emergence 16%
• earlywood 16%
• latewood 16%
• leaves 15%
• freezing 15%
• budbreak 14%
• leaf abscission 14%
• frost 13%
• xylem 11%
• fluid mechanics 11%
• indigenous species 10%
• secondary xylem 8%
• woody plants 6%
• niches 5%
• buds 4%
• dates (fruit) 4%
• drought 4%
• duration 3%
• water 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• xylem 100%
• temperate forest 85%
• deciduous forest 84%
• phenology 83%
• understory 82%
• vessel 64%
• autumn 24%
• bud 22%
• cavitation 20%
• freezing 16%
• native species 12%
• frost 12%
• hydraulics 7%
• deciduous tree 7%
• woody plant 7%
• anatomy 6%
• niche 5%
• plant species 5%
• cross section 4%
• drought 4%
• safety 4%
• world 3%
• need 3%
• distribution 2%
• water 1%