Leaf traits and tree rings suggest different water-use and carbon assimilation strategies by two co-occurring Quercus species in a Mediterranean mixed-forest stand in Tuscany, Italy

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1741-1751

  Tognetti, Roberto ^a,b   Cherubini, Paolo ^c   Marchi, Susanna ^d   Raschi, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean forests; Oak; Photosynthesis; Soil to leaf hydraulic conductance; Water potential

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

EID: 38049082648     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.12.1741     Document Type: Article

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