Responses of deciduous forest trees to severe drought in Central Europe

Tree Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 641-650

  Leuzinger, Sebastian ^a   Zotz, Gerhard ^a   Asshoff, Roman ^a   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drought; Global climate change; Sap flow; Swiss Canopy Crane; Tree phenology; Water relations; Web FACE

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SAP FLOW; WATER RELATIONS;

BASEL-LAND; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

CARPINUS BETULUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 21344467464     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/25.6.641     Document Type: Article

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