Plants structure and Transpiration

Tommaso Anfodillo  (GS)  was invited by Mirco Rodeghiero (Publons) to give a seminar about his studies on soil-plant-atmosphere continuum (SPAC). In particular Anfodillo studied plants' physiology and observed that xylem in stems is particularly developed to minimize water resistance that is mostly concentrated in leaves. This is a great result for modelling.
Please find his presentation by clicking on the Figure below. The video instead is directly embedded

References

• Alkama, R., Cescatti, A., 2016. Biophysical climate impacts of recent changes in global forest cover. Science 351: 600–604.
• Anfodillo T, Petit G, Sterck F, Lechthaler S, Olson ME (2016) Allometric trajectories and “stress”: a quantitative approach. Front Plant Sci 7:1681.
• Echeverría A, Anfodillo T, Soriano D, Rosell JA, Olson ME (2019) Constant theoretical conductance, changes in vessel diameter and number with height growth in Moringa oleifera. J Exp Bot 70: 5765-5772
• Feddema, J.J., Oleson, K.W., Bonan, G.B., Mearns, L.O., Buja, L.E., Meehl, G.A., Washington, W.M., 2005. Atmospheric science: The importance of land-cover change in simulating future climates. Science (80-. ). 310, 1674–1678. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1118160 
• Bonan, G.B., 2008. Forests and climate change: forcings, feedbacks, and the climate benefits of forests. Science 320: 1444–9
• Fiorin L, Bodribb T, Anfodillo T (2016) Transport efficiency through uniformity: organization of veins and stomata in angiosperms leaves. New Phytol 209: 216–227
• Lehnebach, Romain, Robert Beyer, Véronique Letort, and Patrick Heuret. 2018. “The Pipe Model Theory Half a Century on: A Review.” Annals of Botany 121 (5): 773–95.
• Olson ME, Anfodillo T, Rosell JA, Petit G, Crivellaro A, Isnard S, León-Gómez C, Alvarado-Cárdenas LO, Castorena M (2014) Universal hydraulics of the flowering plants: vessel diameter scales with stem length across angiosperm lineages, habits, and climates. Ecol Lett 17:988-997
• Olson, M E, Soriano, D, Rosell, J A, Anfodillo, T, Donoghue, M J, Edwards, E J, León-Gómez, C, Dawson, T, Camarero Martínez, J J, Castorena, M, Echeverría, A, Espinosa, C I, Fajardo, A, Gazol, A, Isnard, S, Lima, R S, Marcati, C R, Méndez-Alonzo, R. (2018) Plant height and hydraulic vulnerability to drought and cold. PNAS 115 (29): 7551–7556.
• Rosell JA, Olson ME, Anfodillo T (2017) Scaling of vessel size with plant size: causes, predictions, and outstanding questions. Curr Forestry Rep 3: 46-59
• Williams C, Anfodillo T, Crivellaro A, Lazzarin M, Dawson T, Koch GW (2019) Axial variation of xylem conduits in the Earth’s tallest trees. Trees 33 (5):1299-1311