Plasticity in hydraulic architecture of Scots pine across Eurasia

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-259

  Poyatos, R ^a   Martinez Vilalta J ^b,c   Cermak J ^d   Ceulemans, R ^e   Granier, A ^f   Irvine, J ^g   Kostner B ^h   Lagergren, F ⁱ   Meiresonne, L ^j   Nadezhdina, N ^d   Zimmermann, R ^k   Llorens, P ^a   Mencuccini, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f LERFoB   (France)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Hydraulic plasticity; Leaf area:sapwood area; Pinus sylvestris; Sap flow; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCLIMATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LEAF AREA; META-ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CLIMATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCOTS PINE; SWEATING;

ASIA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34547781680     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0740-0     Document Type: Article

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