Quantifying plant hydraulic function becomes a tall order.

J Exp Bot

South African Environmental Observation Network, Fynbos Node, Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa.

Published: July 2020

This article comments on: . 2020. Hydraulic traits vary following tip-to-base conduit widening in vascular plants. Journal of Experimental Botany , 4232–4242.

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