Seasonal courses of key parameters of nitrogen, carbon and water balance in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) grown on four different study sites along a European North-South climate gradient during the 2003 drought

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-92

  Nahm, Michael ^a   Matzarakis, Andreas ^a   Rennenberg, Heinz ^a   Geßler, Arthur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Amino compounds; Climate; Drought; Mature European beech; North South transect; Total foliar N; TSNN; Xylem loading

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT;

AMINO COMPOUNDS; MATURE EUROPEAN BEECH; NORTH-SOUTH TRANSECT; TOTAL FOLIAR N; TSNN; XYLEM LOADING;

FUNGI;

DROUGHT; FUNGI; METEOROLOGY; XYLEM;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33845774832     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-006-0098-7     Document Type: Article

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