Hydraulic compensation in northern Rocky Mountain conifers: Does successional position and life history matter?

Oecologia

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Sala, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown conductance; Leaf to sapwood ratio; Reproduction; Sap flow; Tree height

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPENSATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOLIAGE; GROWTH RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUCCESSION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PINACEAE; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEATING; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; MONTANA; PINACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33748520564     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0420-5     Document Type: Article

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