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Title: Response to Bittencourt et al (On xylem hydraulic efficiencies, wood space-use and the safety-efficiency tradeoff)

Author
item Gleason, Sean
item WESTOBY, MARK - MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
item JANSEN, STEVEN - ULM UNIVERSITY
item CHOAT, BRENDAN - WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
item BRODRIBB, TIM - UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA
item COCHARD, HERVE - INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA)
item DELZON, SYLVAIN - UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX
item HACKE, UWE - UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
item JACOBSEN, ANNA - CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
item JOHNSON, DANIEL - UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
item LENS, FREDERIC - LEIDEN UNIVERSITY
item MAHERALI, HAFIZ - UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
item MARTINEZ-VILALTA, JORDI - AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA
item MAYR, STEFAN - UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK
item MCCULLOH, KATHERINE - UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
item MORRIS, HUGH - ULM UNIVERSITY
item NARDINI, ANDREA - UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE
item PLAVCOVA, LENKA - UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
item PRATT, ROBERT - CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
item SCHREIBER, STEFAN - UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
item ZANNE, AMY - GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Submitted to: New Phytologist
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/1/2016
Publication Date: 6/27/2016
Citation: Gleason, S.M., Westoby, M., Jansen, S., Choat, B., Brodribb, T.J., Cochard, H., Delzon, S., Hacke, U.G., Jacobsen, A.L., Johnson, D.M., Lens, F., Maherali, H., Martinez-Vilalta, J., Mayr, S., Mcculloh, K.A., Morris, H., Nardini, A., Plavcova, L., Pratt, R.B., Schreiber, S.G., Zanne, A.E. 2016. Response to Bittencourt et al (On xylem hydraulic efficiencies, wood space-use and the safety-efficiency tradeoff). New Phytologist. 211(4):1156-1158.

Interpretive Summary: This letter is a peer-reviewed response to an article that was submitted to New Phytologist (Bettencourt et al), commenting on paper that we published earlier this year in the same journal. The comments were are largely positive, and thus, the purpose of our response here is to point out particular research directions (as proposed by Bittencourt et al) that we feel are worthwhile. These include: strengthening their proposed statistical approach, focusing on wood tissues that are not directly involved with water transport, and understanding the ‘currency’ with which we should evaluate hydraulic failure.

Technical Abstract: This letter is a peer-reviewed response to an article that was submitted to New Phytologist (Bettencourt et al), commenting on paper that we published earlier this year in the same journal. The comments were are largely positive, and thus, the purpose of our response here is to point out particular research directions (as proposed by Bittencourt et al) that we feel are worthwhile. These include: strengthening their proposed statistical approach, focusing on wood tissues that are not directly involved with water transport, and understanding the ‘currency’ with which we should evaluate hydraulic failure.