Growth of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) saplings is limited by elevated atmospheric vapour pressure deficits

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 648-655

  Lendzion, Jasmin ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate chamber; Climate change; Dry matter production; European beech; Leaf area; Leaf water status; Open top chamber; Water vapour saturation deficit

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PRESSURE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AIR HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L.); CHAMBER EXPERIMENTS; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; ELSEVIER (CO); EUROPEAN; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LEAF GROWTH; SOIL DROUGHT; VAPOUR PRESSURES;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HUMIDITY; PHYTOMASS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SAPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

BIOMASS; CLIMATES; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; HUMIDITY; LEAVES; MOISTURE; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SAPLINGS; SATURATION; SOIL; VAPOR PRESSURE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 46849090977     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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