Testing the unifying theory of ozone sensitivity with mature trees of Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1391-1403

  Nunn, Angela J ^a   Wieser, Gerhard ^b   Reiter, Ilja M ^a   Häberle, Karl Heinz ^a   Grote, Rüdiger ^c   Havranek, Wilhelm M ^b   Matyssek, Rainer ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

European beech; Leaf conductance; Leaf life span; Norway spruce; O3 flux; O3 uptake; Ozone exposure; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWING SEASON; LONGEVITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OZONE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33847155736     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.11.1391     Document Type: Article

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