title: On xylem hydraulic efficiencies, wood space-use and the safety-efficiency tradeoff: Comment on Gleason et al. (2016) 'Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, PO Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo R L
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bittencourt
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, PO Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, PO Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D018526:Plant Transpiration; D014867:Water; D014934:Wood; D052584:Xylem
chemical_list: D014867:Water
keywords: efficiency; hydraulics; mechanical stress; space-use; tradeoff