Frost drought in conifers at the alpine timberline: Xylem dysfunction and adaptations

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3175-3185

  Mayr, Stefan ^a   Hacke, Uwe ^b   Schmid, Peter ^a   Schwienbacher, Franziska ^a   Gruber, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine timberline; Drought induced embolism; Frost drought; Hydraulic safety; Tracheids; Vulnerability; Wood density

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; FREEZING; JUNIPERUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINACEAE; SEASON; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; FREEZING; JUNIPERUS; PINACEAE; SEASONS; WATER; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 33845687612     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[3175:FDICAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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