Species-dependent responses of juniper and spruce to increasing CO 2 concentration and to climate in semi-arid and arid areas of northwestern China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-209

  Liu, Xiaohong ^a   Shao, Xuemei ^b,c   Liang, Eryuan ^c   Zhao, Liangju ^a   Chen, Tuo ^a   Qin, Dahe ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

13C differences; Climate change; Intrinsic water use efficiency; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENERGY BUDGET; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; TREE RING; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

JUNIPERUS; PICEA; PICEA CRASSIFOLIA; SABINA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 35448987747     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9258-5     Document Type: Article

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